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Publication Date: 2024-Sep
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Social Interactions, Information, and Preferences for Schools: Experimental Evidence from Los Angeles. Working Paper 33010
Christopher Campos
National Bureau of Economic Research
This paper measures parents' beliefs about school and peer quality, how information about each affects school choices, and how social interactions mediate these effects. Parents underestimate school quality and overestimate peer quality. Cross-randomized school and peer quality information combined with a spillover design shows that when parents received information, they and their neighbors' preferences shifted toward higher value-added schools, underscoring stronger tastes for school quality and the role of social interactions. Increased enrollment in effective schools improved socio-emotional outcomes. The experimental evidence shows parents value school effectiveness even conditional on peer quality and that social interactions strongly influence school choice.
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Beliefs, Educational Quality, Peer Relationship, School Choice, Access to Information, Institutional Characteristics, Preferences, Value Added Models, Interaction, Enrollment, Social Development, Emotional Development, School Effectiveness
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)
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