School choice and parents' preferences for school attributes in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorHofflinger, Alvaro
dc.contributor.authorGelber, Denisse
dc.contributor.authorTellez Canas, Santiago
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:53:47Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:53:47Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractA key assumption of school choice and competition policies is that parents' most important (if not only) priority when choosing a school is its quality. However, evidence about which of a school's attributes really drives parental choice is still scarce. We use census data from a parent questionnaire in Chile, a country with a national school choice and competition system, to describe the attributes most commonly considered by parents when choosing a school, and to assess how the probability of prioritizing those attributes varies with the parents socioeconomic characteristics, while controlling for other characteristics of the family. We find that parents choosing a school prioritize its proximity, its quality, and whether it provides religious education. Furthermore, the probability of parents prioritizing proximity is higher for parents of low socioeconomic status, while the probability of them prioritizing quality and religious education is higher for parents of high socioeconomic status. These findings show that only advantaged families choose schools based on their quality, and therefore school choice and competition policies may offer a limited benefit for disadvantaged pupils, possibly maintaining or reinforcing socioeconomic segregation in the education system.
dc.description.funderNational Commission of Scientific and Technological Research of Chile
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101946
dc.identifier.eissn1873-7382
dc.identifier.issn0272-7757
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101946
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100672
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000517850200007
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaEconomics of education review
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectSchool choice
dc.subjectEducational vouchers
dc.subjectParents' preferences
dc.subject.ods04 Quality Education
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.titleSchool choice and parents' preferences for school attributes in Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen74
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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