The school elite: a game of rating (anti)monopoly

Anastasiya Litvinova (), Mariam Maloyan () and Anton Nicolaev ()
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Anastasiya Litvinova: Department of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Mariam Maloyan: Department of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Anton Nicolaev: Department of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

No 63, Working Papers from Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics

Abstract: In this work, we present our point of view on the unification of schools in Moscow. We try to clarify why the association took place, what motives the Moscow Department of Education and the schools themselves could have, suggesting that their actions had a rational justification. At the same time, we assume that those schools that had greater bargaining power could choose how and with whom to unite. We also consider this from an educational point of view, using the example of the policy of enlargement of schools or monopolization, which was carried out during the 2010- 2019 in the city of Moscow. In the first stage of our research, we solve the problem of spatial monopoly. We model schools as producers of quality education and apply the L?schian model. As a result, we determine some parameters of the equilibrium of the system, such as the quality of education, access conditions, etc. At the second stage, an empirical analysis of the location of schools in the city space and the influence of their location on the popularity measured by the number of schoolchildren is carried out. We also investigate the impact of the availability of sections and the rating of the school on its attractiveness.

Keywords: Moscow school; Leshian model; quality of education; access conditions; school rating (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D42 D47 I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2024-01
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