This article reviews the history of private school choice, from the colonial era to 2012. Taking
as its approach an examination of program creation, prominent school choice court cases …

In this paper we develop a conceptual framework for analyzing school choice decisions,
evaluate past empirical research, and estimate an individual level model of choice using a …

We analyze the welfare effects and voting equilibrium with vouchers for private schools. The
analysis shows that vouchers, like tuition tax credits [Martinello and West (1988); Frey …

We quantify the religious factor in private education in the United States by calibrating a
political economy model of school choice—among public, private-nonsectarian and …

This article attempts to proxy parental alienation from public schools across states in order to
obtain measures of quality dispersion and of the educational characteristics to which …

What role should government have in education? This question has been of interest to
philosophers since Plato and economists since Adam Smith; it was the question that …

This paper examines several factors that affect the support for educational vouchers. A
theory of the choice of public or private schools and a discussion of rational voting behavior …

Approximately 10% of school-age children in the United States are enrolled in private
schools, relieving the financial burden on public school systems, and the taxpayers who …

Interest in education tax credits has increased in recent years, as has their legislative
success. And recent, high-profi le voucher setbacks in Arizona, Utah, and Florida have …

In a recent article, Martinello and West (1988) argued that a tuition tax credit, while costing
the federal government lost revenue, would provide substantial net governmental savings …