A Discrete Choice Experiment Application to School Choice in the Basque Country

Ainhoa Vega-Bayo () and Petr Mariel
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Ainhoa Vega-Bayo: University of the Basque Country

Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2019, vol. 230, issue 3, 41-62

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to analyse which school characteristics parents prefer in the Basque Country when choosing a primary school for their children, by carrying out a Discrete Choice Experi¬ment applied to parental school choice. After conducting the experiment and gathering the answers, responses have been analysed using a Random Parameter Logit. Results indicate that, in stark contrast to other countries and regions, the most relevant school characteristics are the main language of instruc¬tion and religious orientation of the school. The main contribution of this work is the quantification, in monetary units, of the parental preferences regarding school characteristics in the Basque Country; as well as the first application of this methodology to School Choice in Spain.

Keywords: School choice; Discrete choice experiment; Mixed logit model. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 I20 I28 I29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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