School choice and parents’ preferences for school attributes in Chile

Hofflinger, Álvaro; Gelber, Denisse; Cañas, Santiago Tellez

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101946

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“…Therefore, the availability of a large number of schools in the urban area and the absence of admission restrictions in schools closer to home have created healthy competition among private and public schools in Bangladesh. These establish the need for realizing parental opinion and support "the rational choice theory" that depicts parents as utility maximizers who make decisions based on their value preferences by considering school proximity, cost, benefits from the schools, infrastructure, future outcomes, quality and interest of their children (Hofflinger et al, 2020;Ellison and Aloe, 2018).…”

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“…When it comes to the issue of parent's utility maximization, there is a common perception that parents choose schools mostly on outcome-based factors, such as academic excellence of the institution, formation of self-discipline, development of critical thinking skills, development of high moral standards and improvement of self-esteem among students (Foreman, 2017). However, the studies of Hofflinger et al (2020) and Zuilkowski et al (2017) argued that there are several other educational and noneducational requirements or "school characteristics" that need to be fulfilled to achieve the outcomes desired by the parents. However, there is a lack of study that explores the characteristics of a school that influence the success of the institute.…”

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Determinants of school choice and their relation to success to the institution: a comparative study between public and private schools in Bangladesh

Chowdhury

Synthia

2021

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PurposeThis paper aims to identify the determinants of school choice and factors that define the success of a school as perceived by the parents and then compare “Public” and “Private” schools with respect to the explored criteria to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the institutions.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on 1,121 quantitative data collected through survey questionnaire from the parents living in urban areas of Bangladesh. The school choice model was developed and validated by applying structural equation modeling.FindingsThis paper offers a statistically significant, robust and reliable five-dimensional 23-item school choice model that includes both school characteristics and preferred outcomes as perceived by the parents. Characteristic-wise comparisons in terms of characteristics revealed that public schools are superior to private institutions in fulfilling several choice criteria such as parents–teacher relationships, performance of the teachers, offerings of special programs, safety assurance in the campus and in having bigger campus with playground. On the other hand, private schools dominate in providing better educational environment, arranging training to the teachers, ensuring satisfactory library services and delivering information effectively to the parents. Among outcome determinants, government schools are well ahead in creating self-discipline, morality and good work habits among students. Private schools are superior in developing critical thinking skill of the kids.Originality/valueThere is a gap of comprehensive empirical study on school choice in South Asia region that includes both school characteristics and outcomes. Therefore, this paper contributes significantly to the relevant literature.

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Section: Determinants Of School Choice 217mentioning

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Determinants of school choice and their relation to success to the institution: a comparative study between public and private schools in Bangladesh

Chowdhury

Synthia

2021

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“…In Chile, private-subsidized schools tend to be more desirable than public schools, while religious schools are generally considered superior to nonreligious schools, while private-subsidized and religious schools also tend to have a lower representation of low-income students than public or nonreligious schools (Madero-Cabib & Madero-Cabib, 2012;Canales et al, 2016;Hofflinger et al, 2020;Imbarack & Guzmán, 2019). Thus, we analyze effects in religious and private-subsidized schools.…”

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A New Admission System in Chile and Its Foreseen Moderate Impact on Access for Low-Income Students

Honey

Carrasco

2022

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

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Chile is known for universal school choice policies and a high level of economic segregation. In part, segregation has been linked to selective school admission policies. Chile implemented a centralized school admission system (New School Admission System), where PK–12 schools must accept any applicant, and lottery assignment is used for oversubscription. We exploit a natural experiment due to the phased implementation across grades and regions to attempt to detect any effects of this policy on access for and representation of low-income students using grade-within-school and year fixed effects. Eliminating admissions barriers may contribute to increased educational opportunity, but the impact may be limited by the multiple structural factors shaping inequality in Chile. We find little short-term change in access for low-income students.

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“…The other is the expressed or stated preference approach, which focuses on what parents say about the school choice process, using interviews or survey data (Jabbar & Lenhoff, 2020). Studies from both approaches highlight some important considerations when choosing schools: families care about schools' achievement test scores or other measures of academic quality, distance to home, tuition, school's socioeconomic composition, among other factors (Altenhofen et al, 2016;Burgess et al, 2015;Cooper, 2005;Denice & Gross, 2016;Elacqua et al, 2006;Harris & Larsen, 2015;Hofflinger et al, 2020;Madero Cabib & Madero Cabib, 2012;Mandic et al, 2017;Maroulis et al, 2019). Both approaches are imperfect and necessarily simplify what is inherently a complex process (Cooper, 2005;Ellison & Aloe, 2018;Hastings & Weinstein, 2008;Hill & Scott, 2017;Jabbar & Lenhoff, 2020;Maroulis et al, 2010).…”

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Mechanisms Underlying Choice-Set Formation: The Case of School Choice in Chile

Canals

Maroulis

Canessa

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Social Science Computer Review

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Many decisions involve selecting among many more options than an individual can effectively examine and consider. Therefore, people usually consider smaller and different “choice sets” as viable options. To better understand the processes affecting choice-set formation, we developed a computational model of how households become aware of potential choices in a context for which understanding household decision-making has important public policy implications: market-based reforms in education. In the model, households learn about the schools to which they can send their children through three mechanisms: find out about geographically proximate schools, access to publicly available information, and information gathered from interactions with other households. We calibrated the model using data from four cities in Chile, where students are not required to attend their neighborhood school. We then used the model to conduct hypothetical computational experiments that assessed how each mechanism impacted the sets of schools known to households before they make their choice (their “awareness set”). We found that the inclusion of a social interaction mechanism was crucial for producing simulated awareness sets that matched the awareness sets provided in a survey conducted by the Chilean Ministry of Education. We also found that the social interaction mechanism played the largest role in determining the quality and price range of the choices available in households’ awareness sets. Our findings highlight the importance of social interactions in a stage of decision-making before the direct impact of other individuals is typically made explicit. Moreover, it validates an approach that can be used in future models where understanding how decision-makers become aware of their options may be as important as the way they choose among them.

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School choice and parents’ preferences for school attributes in Chile

Cited by 28 publications

References 32 publications

Determinants of school choice and their relation to success to the institution: a comparative study between public and private schools in Bangladesh

Determinants of school choice and their relation to success to the institution: a comparative study between public and private schools in Bangladesh

A New Admission System in Chile and Its Foreseen Moderate Impact on Access for Low-Income Students

Mechanisms Underlying Choice-Set Formation: The Case of School Choice in Chile

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