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Ladd, H., (2003)
‘Comment on Caroline Hoxby: School choice and competition:
evidence from the United States.’
Swedish Economic Policy Review 10, pp. 67-76
- Argues that Hoxby is premature in her judgement that school choice
can definitely be a positive force in education.
- Ladd is sceptical about
choice for 3 main reasons –
(1) Much education is compulsory, making shutting down failing schools
difficult
(2) The existence of peer effects possibly leads to cream-skimming
(3) Ladd believes that prices are not an appropriate mechanism for allocating
spaces in schools.
- Ladd also states that, for all the sophistication of
Hoxby’s empirical
work on voucher & charter programs, it would be premature to accept Hoxby’s
conclusions without corroboration from other researchers.
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