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Title: Who cares about school quality? The role of school quality in household quality in household preference, school district choice, and willingness to pay

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: School quality is considered a key factor affecting homebuyers location choices and willingness to pay. Previously, many studies found that school quality plays a critical role in determining housing prices and location choice. School quality is positively capitalized into housing prices. Households are willing to pay for school quality, in particular, school outcomes such as test scores and performance index. However, there is a view that willingness to pay for school quality is different based on household demographics and socioeconomic status (SES).The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate heterogeneous preference for school quality, school district choice, and willingness to pay for school quality according to a households demographic background and SES, including the presence of school-age children, marital status, income, education, race/ethnicity, and occupation. This dissertation takes occupational variables into account in the model as a proxy for human capital. This dissertation was also developed to find whether or not a households preference for school quality leads to their school quality consumption regarding school district choice and willingness to pay.

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Authors: Seo, Youngme

Institution: Cleveland State University

Department: Urban Studies and Public Affairs

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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Housing and Segregation

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