Should You Meet the Parents? The Impact of Information on Non-Test Score Attributes on School Choice

Elisa Facchetti, Lorenzo Neri and Marco Ovidi

No 10926, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Understanding parental response to non-test score attributes is crucial to design effective school choice systems. We study an intervention providing hard-to-find information on the school environment at local institutions, while holding information on school performance constant. Outflow to private education is reduced by 17%, with larger responses among advantaged students. Parents respond by increasing take-up of offers from local schools, intensifying competition for seats. Social interactions increase the program’s impact by 40%. Consistent with our interpretation, the intervention does not affect parental demand for school performance. We conclude that simple, low-cost interventions can improve state schools’ finances and peer quality.

Keywords: school choice; non-test score school attributes; information intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I24 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Working Paper: Should You Meet the Parents? The Impact of Information on Non-test Score Attributes on School Choice (2023)
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