Reconstructing the question of school choice : towards a geographical agent-based model for Chile
Blanco, Christian (Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad (Xile))
Paulus, Nelson (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
Razeto-Barry, Pablo (Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad (Xile))
Fábrega, Felipe (Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad (Xile))
Canals, Catalina (Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad (Xile))
Aguirre, Cristián (Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad (Xile))
Vivanco, Manuel (Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad (Xile))
Date: |
2014 |
Abstract: |
The aim of this paper is to reformulate the question of school choice in a voucher system, by moving towards a perspective, assessing competition between schools and the choice of students using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Agent-Based Modeling (ABM). How spatial structure affects competition among schools? How do socio-geographic structuration and social interaction affect this process? We show a preview of the proposed model and main social mechanisms of school choice: Quality, Distance, Cost, Expectations, Homophily and Mimesis for students and their families, and Selection, Supply and Local Competition for schools. |
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Language: |
Anglès |
Document: |
Comunicació de congrés |
Subject: |
Agent-based model ;
School choice ;
Computational social science ;
Social simulation |
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Social Simulation Conference. Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 1a : 2014 |
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