A discrete choice experiment application to school choice in the Basque Country

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Vega Bayo, Ainhoa, Mariel Chladkova, Petr
Format: article
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universidad del País Vasco
Repository:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/71812
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/71812
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:school choice
discrete choice experiment
mixed logit model
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Summary: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.