Who benefits from educational choice? some evidence from Europe

John S. Ambler
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John S. Ambler: Professor of Political Science at Rice University, Postal: Professor of Political Science at Rice University

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1994, vol. 13, issue 3, 454-476

Abstract: Evidence from Britain, France, and The Netherlands is examined to test the claim that educational choice enhances equality of opportunity by empowering parents of modest income. The European experience clearly suggests that, whatever its merits in other respects, educational choice tends to intensify class segregation through the effects of different preferences and information costs. Various means of moderating these effects are considered.

Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.2307/3325386

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