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Do Vouchers Lead to Sorting under Random Private School Selection? Evidence from the Milwaukee Voucher Program
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Chakrabarti, Rajashri – Economics of Education Review, 2013
This paper analyzes the impact of voucher design on student sorting in the application and enrollment phases of parental choice. Much of the existing literature investigates the question of sorting where private schools can screen students. However, the publicly funded U.S. voucher programs require private schools to accept all students unless…
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Private Schools, School Choice, Enrollment
Do Student Migrations Affect School Performance? Evidence from Wisconsin's Inter-District Public School Program
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Welsch, David M.; Zimmer, David M. – Economics of Education Review, 2012
This paper examines the competitive effects of a unique school choice program implemented in the late 1990s, Wisconsin's open enrollment program, which allows families to send their children to schools outside their home district. In contrast to other school choice programs, districts not only face negative consequences from losing students and…
Descriptors: School Choice, Standardized Tests, Open Enrollment, Student Mobility
An Examination of Inter-District Public School Transfers in Wisconsin
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Welsch, David M.; Statz, Bambi; Skidmore, Mark – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Using data for all Wisconsin school districts over the 2003/04 through 2006/07 school years, we evaluate the state of Wisconsin's Open Enrollment (inter-district transfer) program to determine which school district characteristics influence parental transfer decisions. To our knowledge, this is the first study of school choice in a public school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Districts, Transfer Students, Open Enrollment