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Title
THE EFFECT OF SCHOOL CHOICE ON STUDENTʼS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Creator
Creator Name
CHOI, JAESUNG CHOI, JAESUNG
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Sungkyunkwan University
Creator Name
HWANG, JISOO HWANG, JISOO
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Key Word
school choice
open enrollment
difference-in-difference
inequality
South Korea
JEL
I28
I24
Abstract
We test the effect of school choice on studentsʼ academic performance by exploiting the change in high school assignment program in Seoul, Korea from within-district randomization to open enrollment. Employing difference-in-differences methodology on administrative data of high school studentsʼ National Assessment of Educational Achievement test scores, we find no evidence that enhanced school choice improved average test scores in Seoul. However, we find differential effects across school types ‒ regular high schoolsʼ test scores fell whereas newly converted selective private high schoolsʼ test scores rose substantially. Increased sorting across schools is shown to have adverse effects particularly on low-ability students.
Publisher
Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2017-06
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Version Type
VoR
selfDOI
10.15057/28617
ISSN
0018-280x
NCID
AA00207547
Source Title
Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics
Volume Number
58
Issue Number
1
Page Start
1
Page End
19
Appears in Collections
Vol. 58, no. 1 (Jun. 2017)
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/28617