The Effect of Charter School Legislation on Market Share

Many proponents of school choice use the claim of the market’s capability to enhance efficiency and improve performance to call for its expansion. But no markets are perfectly competitive, and the local market for public goods is filled with institutional arrangements that make it differ from the ne...

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Published inEducation policy analysis archives Vol. 12; no. 66; pp. 66 - 83
Main Authors Kúscová, Simona, Buckley, Jack
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida 30.11.2004
Arizona State University
Subjects
Charter Schools
Data Interpretation
Educational Demand
Educational Legislation
Educational Policy
Enrollment Rate
Enrollment Trends
Performance Factors
Policy Analysis
Predictor Variables
School Choice
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Summary:Many proponents of school choice use the claim of the market’s capability to enhance efficiency and improve performance to call for its expansion. But no markets are perfectly competitive, and the local market for public goods is filled with institutional arrangements that make it differ from the neoclassical ideal. In this paper, we look at a particular institution—the provisions of charter school legislation—and assess how it affects the ability of charter schools to gain market share. Using data from the 36 states that had passed charter legislation by 2000, and controlling for a variety of other factors, we estimate a model of the effects of various provisions in the charter laws on charter school market share. We find that two such provisions, one concerning the sponsorship of charters and another their funding sources, appear to have a strong effect on the market share of charter schools.
ISSN:1068-2341
1068-2341
DOI:10.14507/epaa.v12n66.2004