Mobility, targeting, and private-school vouchers
Abstract
This paper uses general-equilibrium simulations to explore the role of residential
mobility in shaping the impact of different private-school voucher policies. The simulations
are derived from a three-district model of low-, middle-, and high-income school districts
(calibrated to New York data) with housing stocks that vary within and across districts.
In this model, it is demonstrated that school-district targeted vouchers are similar
in their impact to nontargeted vouchers but vastly different from vouchers targeted
to low-income households. Furthermore, strong migration effects are shown to significantly
improve the likely equity consequences of voucher programs.
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Thomas J. Nechyba
Professor of Economics
Professor Nechyba conducts his research within the fields of public finance, fiscal
federalism, and the economics of education. His studies tend toward the investigation
of function within local governments, public policy issues concerning disadvantaged
families, and the economics behind primary and secondary education. He received funding
for one of his latest projects, “An Empirical Investigation of Peer Effects in Schools
and of Household Responses to School Policy Changes,” from a National

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