The Effects of Competition Between Schools on Educational Outcomes: A Review for the United States

By C. Belfield, Henry M. Levin. 2002

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Subfields: Education, Political Science and International Relations

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Choice, Competition and Pupil Achievement (2008, background): “Belfield and Levin (2003) suggest ‘the gains from competition are modest in scope with respect to realistic changes in levels of competition’ and that many results are statistically - 7 - insignificant.”
Does Competition Among Public Schools Benefit Students and Taxpayers? A Comment on Hoxby (2000) (2005, background): “Several authors (e.g. Borland and Howsen, 1992; Belfield and Levin, 2002) have suggested studying the effects of “Tiebout choice,” the use of the residential location decision to select among local monopoly education providers.”
The Impacts of Charter Schools on Student Achievement: Evidence from North Carolina (2004, background): “Belfield and Levin (2002) provide a more comprehensive review of the effect of competition on school performance and find that any positive impacts are either substantively small or subject to question based on subsequent studies.”
The efficiency of Italian secondary schools and the potential role of competition: a data envelopment analysis using OECD-PISA2006 data (2013, unknown): “Belfield and Levin ( 2002 ) reviewed more than 40 studies conducted since 2002, but after this review it is possible to cite other dozens of papers and working papers (eg, see a recent survey on the effects of school vouchers by Rouse and Barrow 2009 ).”
The impact of charter schools on the efficiency of traditional public schools: Evidence from Michigan (2009, background): “In their comprehensive review of crosssectional research in the U.S., Belfield and Levin (2002) concluded from more than 41 studies that competition has modest positive effects on student achievement.”
Does Competition Among Public Schools Benefit Students and Taxpayers? Comment (2007, background): “Several authors (e.g., Melvin V. Borland and Roy M. Howsen 1992; Clive R. Belfield and Henry M. Levin 2002) have suggested studying the effects of “Tiebout choice,” the use of the residential location decision to select among local monopoly education providers.”
Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers. Working Paper 46. (2010, unknown): “Hsieh and Urquiola (2006) study the effects of generalized competition in Chile, and Lavy (2010) examines effects of public school choice in Israel. public school students' educational outcomes (Belfield and Levin 2002; McEwan 2000).”
Heterogeneous Preferences and the Efficacy of Public School Choice (2008, methodology): “…on estimating competitive pressure and its impact on academic achievement, using aggregated data and measures such as HHIs (Herfindahl-Hirschman Indices) of local districts as proxies for competition (Borland and Howsen (1992), Hoxby (2000), Hanushek and Rivkin (2003), Belfield and Levin (2002)).”