Abstract
In the Netherlands, school choice is free and all schools are equally funded by the government. We measured distance from home to school as a proxy for the selectivity of choice and used characteristics of the nearest school to explain the choice of a school other than the nearest school. Almost 89% of all pupils in the 4 largest cities do not select the nearest school. Native Dutch pupils tend to prefer a school with lower percentages of nonwestern migrant students and a higher mean school SES and exam score. Immigrant students tend to choose a school with higher percentages of nonwestern migrant students.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 260-291 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Journal of School Choice |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- School choice
- Sorting along lines of ethnicity
- Stratification
- The Netherlands