The Distributional Consequences of Public School Choice
The Distributional Consequences of Public School Choice
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公立学校选择的分配后果
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2015
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通讯作者：
Parag A. Pathak
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Christopher Avery;Parag A. Pathak
学校选择系统希望通过允许孩子申请他们社区以外的学校，使居住地点和学校分配脱钩。然而，选择计划也会影响居住在某些社区的动机，这种反馈可能会破坏选择的目标。我们通过开发一个公立学校和住宅选择模型来研究这种可能性。与社区分配规则相比，学校选择缩小了最高和最低质量学校之间的范围，这些学校质量的变化被资本化为均衡房价。这种压缩分布产生了一个端对中间权衡与学校选择相比，邻里分配。奇怪的是，即使选择导致了表现最差的学校的改善，最低类型的居民也不一定受益。(JEL H75、I21、I28、R23、R31）
School choice systems aspire to delink residential location and school assignments by allowing children to apply to schools outside of their neighborhood. However, choice programs also affect incentives to live in certain neighborhoods, and this feedback may undermine the goals of choice. We investigate this possibility by developing a model of public school and residential choice. School choice narrows the range between the highest and lowest quality schools compared to neighborhood assignment rules, and these changes in school quality are capitalized into equilibrium housing prices. This compressed distribution generates an ends-against-the-middle trade-off with school choice compared to neighborhood assignment. Paradoxically, even when choice results in improvement in the lowest-performing schools, the lowest type residents need not benefit. (JEL H75, I21, I28, R23, R31)