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School choice in German primary schools: How binding are school districts?
In this paper we look at school choice in primary schools in Germany. The data used is from Wuppertal, a major city in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), where school districts were abolished in 2008 to allow for free school choice. Here we look at the situation before 2008 to learn more about choice in the presence of school districts. Our analysis shows that it is not uncommon to visit a primary school that is not the assigned public school. Moreover, parents choose schools taking into account the distance to school, the quality and the socioeconomic composition of the school. Families from disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to send their children to the assigned school. A high percentage of migrants and/or economically disadvantaged families in the school district, however, induces parents to choose another school. Advantaged families make segregating choices, whereas the results for disadvantaged are not clear cut. The negative external effect of choice on the composition of the not chosen school is significant and the level of segregation in the primary schools is high and exceeds the level of residential segregation.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Schumpeter Discussion Papers ; No. 2009-011
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Education and Research Institutions: General
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- Subject
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Education system
segregation
school choice
denominational school
migration
socioeconomic status
Schulauswahl
Wohnstandort
Migranten
Soziale Schicht
Wuppertal
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Riedel, Andrea
Schneider, Kerstin
Schuchart, Claudia
Weishaupt, Horst
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Wuppertal, Schumpeter School of Business and Economics
- (where)
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Wuppertal
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:hbz:468-20090929
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Riedel, Andrea
- Schneider, Kerstin
- Schuchart, Claudia
- Weishaupt, Horst
- University of Wuppertal, Schumpeter School of Business and Economics
Time of origin
- 2009
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