School choice, competition and ethnic segregation in Lancashire : evidence from structural models of two-sided matching

This thesis uses administrative data from the National Pupil Database (NPD) to examine the phenomenon of ethnic sorting into English secondary schools. The thesis investigates the contribution of parental decision-making to observed patterns of school segregation, and also argues that sorting influe...

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Main Author: Weldon, Matthew Philip
Other Authors: Titman, Andrew ; Sherlock, Christopher
Published: Lancaster University 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.718654