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COMPETITION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS: CHARTER SCHOOL ENTRY, STUDENT SORTING, AND SCHOOL INPUT DETERMINATION
Author(s) -
Mehta Nirav
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.658
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1468-2354
pISSN - 0020-6598
DOI - 10.1111/iere.12246
Subject(s) - charter , competition (biology) , charter school , spillover effect , sorting , school choice , mathematics education , demographic economics , economics , psychology , political science , microeconomics , mathematics , law , market economy , ecology , algorithm , biology
This article develops and estimates an equilibrium model of charter school entry, school input choices, and student school choices. The structural model renders a comprehensive and internally consistent picture of treatment effects when there may be general equilibrium effects of school competition. Simulations indicate that the mean effect of charter schools on attendant students is positive and varies widely across locations. The mean spillover effect on public school students is small but positive. Lifting caps on charter schools would more than double entry but reduce gains for attendant students.