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What do America's \\"traditional\\" forms of school choice teach us about school choice reforms?

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  • Caroline M. Hoxby

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The author explores the effectiveness of the two most-established forms of school choice in the United States--choice among public school districts and the choice between public and private schools. She finds that traditional school choice improves the quality of schooling by increasing competition among schools. An additional benefit, the author argues, is that parents who have greater choice are more likely to be involved in their children's schooling. The author concludes that lessons from traditional school choice will be important in analyzing school choice reform.

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  • Caroline M. Hoxby, 1998. "What do America's \\"traditional\\" forms of school choice teach us about school choice reforms?," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vol. 4(Mar), pages 47-59.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednep:y:1998:i:mar:p:47-59:n:v.4no.1
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    1. Driscoll, Donna & Halcoussis, Dennis & Svorny, Shirley, 2003. "School district size and student performance," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 193-201, April.
    2. Sinan Sarpça & Kuzey Yılmaz & Eric Hanushek, 2007. "School Choice: Traditional Mechanisms and Extending the Poor's Ability to Choose," Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers 0709, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum.
    3. Julian R. Betts, 1998. "The two-legged stool: the neglected role of educational standards in improving America's public schools," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vol. 4(Mar), pages 97-116.
    4. David M. Brasington, 2007. "Public- and Private-School Competition: The Spatial Education Production Function," Springer Books, in: Toichiro Asada & Toshiharu Ishikawa (ed.), Time and Space in Economics, chapter 10, pages 175-203, Springer.
    5. Thomas J. Nechyba, 1999. "A Model of Multiple Districts and Private Schools: The Role of Mobility, Targeting, and Private School Vouchers," NBER Working Papers 7239, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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