Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299330 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Research Group on Human Capital - Working Paper Series No. 24-03
Publisher: 
Université du Québec à Montréal, École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM), Groupe de recherche sur le capital humain (GRCH), Montréal
Abstract: 
This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test scores. I find that more school choice results in increased sorting of students by admission scores across different schools. Sorting widens achievement gaps between high- and low-admission score students. High-scorers having access to better teachers and peer effects are the primary factors explaining these widening gaps. Lastly, between-school competition via school choice does not increase average achievement levels.
Subjects: 
education
school choice
sorting
inequality
peers
teachers
JEL: 
I24
I21
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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