This report discusses the most relevant issues concerning school choice schemes, and how
they intertwine with equity considerations, through a literature review and analysis of the …

Historically, most attention in public programs has been given to the resources devoted to
the activity, and resources have been used to index both commitment and quality. Education …

We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on
college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college …

We survey the theoretical and empirical literature on peer effects in education. Theoretical
models of peer effects are first summarized. Models of educational provision regimes in …

A theoretical and computational model with tax-financed, tuition-free public schools and
competitive, tuition-financed private schools is developed. Students differ by ability and …

This review describes the research frontier on human capital and education in economics
research. It delineates what is known and largely agreed, and what are the most promising …

Existing research shows that house prices respond to local school quality as measured by
average test scores. However, higher test scores could signal higher academic value-added …

In this paper, we investigate how housing prices react to the quality of education offered by
neighboring public and private schools. The organization of secondary schooling in the city …

We study the relationship between school characteristics and housing prices in
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, between 1994 and 2001. During this period, the …

This paper uses general-equilibrium simulations to explore the role of residential mobility in
shaping the impact of different private-school voucher policies. The simulations are derived …