scholarly journals School Choice in Amsterdam: Which Schools are Chosen When School Choice is Free?

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nienke Ruijs ◽  
Hessel Oosterbeek
Keyword(s):  
School Choice ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
National Newspaper ◽  
The City ◽  
Incoming Students

Using discrete choice models, this paper investigates the determinants of secondary school choice in the city of Amsterdam. In this city, there are many schools to choose from and school choice is virtually unrestricted (no catchment areas, low or no tuition fees, short distances). We find that school choice is related to exam grades and the quality of incoming students, but not to progression in lower grades, no delay in higher grades, and a composite measure of quality published by a national newspaper. Furthermore, students appear to prefer schools that are close to their home and schools that many of their former classmates in primary school attend.

Comparative analysis of the composition and quality of nutrition of students in some secondary schools in Darkhan, Mongolia

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
M Oyuuna ◽  
N Bolormaa ◽  
B Oyuubuzhin
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Caloric Content ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Government ◽  
Education Culture ◽  
Lunch Program ◽  
The City

The government of Mongolia is implementing a "Lunch program". In 2018, the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Ministry of Health adopted a joint order stating that the caloric content of school meals should be 15% of the daily norm, and the caloric content of daily lunch should be 268 calories. In 2019, this program involved 788 primary school students from 288,177 secondary school students in the city and rural area of Darkhan (Mongolia). The analysis of the composition of dishes and products of real lunch in a number of schools was made. The portions and the caloric content of the products and the entire lunch were determined.

scholarly journals ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMATION OPENNESS OF GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION IN KYIV

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-141
Author(s):  
Iryna Lynova ◽  
Tatiana Pleshko
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
The City

The article offers consideration of the results of the analysis of the State Service for Education Quality in Kyiv of the sites of educational institutions of communal, state and private forms of ownership of the city of Kyiv in relation to their availability and occupancy on 21 indicators: charter of educational institution; licenses for educational activities; structure and governing bodies of the educational institution; staff in accordance with the license conditions; educational programs implemented in the educational institution and the list of educational components provided by the relevant educational program; service area assigned to the educational institution by its founder (for preschool and general secondary education institutions); licensed volume and actual number of students; language (languages) of the educational process; availability of vacant positions, procedure and conditions of the competition for their replacement (in case of its holding); material and technical support of the educational institution (according to the license conditions); results of monitoring the quality of education; annual report on the activities of the educational institution; admission rules; conditions of accessibility of the educational institution for training of persons with special educational needs; tuition fees for private schools); list of additional educational and other services, their cost, procedure for provision and payment; rules of conduct for students; a plan of measures aimed at preventing and combating bullying in the educational institution; the procedure for submitting and reviewing (with confidentiality) applications for cases of bullying (harassment) in an educational institution, response and responsibility of persons in an educational institution involved in bullying (harassment). The authors of the article developed 518 sites of schools of various forms of ownership: state and communal forms of ownership - 437, private - 81. On average, according to 21 indicators, 56% of schools publish the necessary information on the websites of general secondary education institutions. The authors hope that the comments and suggestions set out in the conclusions to the article will help schools to systematize information about their lives and prospects.

scholarly journals Measuring Willingness-to-Pay in Discrete Choice Models with Semi-Parametric Techniques

2005 ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Pablo Marcelo García
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Choice Models ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Logit Models ◽  
Travel Times ◽  
Empirical Application ◽  
Simple Index ◽  
The City

It is usual to estimate willingness-to-pay in discrete choice models through Logit models -or their expanded versions. Nevertheless, these models have very restrictive distributional assumptions. This paper is intended to examine the above-mentioned issue and to propose an alternative estimation using non-parametric techniques (through Simple Index Models). Furthermore, this paper introduces an empirical application of willingness- to-pay for improved subway travel times in the City of Buenos Aires.

scholarly journals The evolution of choice set formation in dwelling and location with rising prices: A decadal panel analysis in the Greater Toronto Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1227-1247
Author(s):  
Jason Hawkins ◽  
Khandker Nurul Habib
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Home Location ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
Choice Set Formation ◽  
Choice Set

Home location choice is based on both the characteristics of the dwelling (e.g., size, style, number of bedrooms) and the location (e.g., proximity to work, quality of schools, accessibility). Recent years have seen a steep increase in the price of housing in many major cities. In this research, we examine how these price increases are affecting the types of dwelling and locations considered by households. A large sample of real estate listings from 2006 and 2016 from the Greater Toronto Area is used to develop the empirical models. Two recently developed discrete choice models are used in the study: a nested logit model with latent class feedback (LCF) and a semi-compensatory independent availability logit (SCIAL) model. A method of alternative aggregation is proposed to overcome the computational hurdle that often impedes the estimation of choice set models. We find a significant increase in the probability of larger households considering townhouses and apartments over detached single-family dwellings between 2006 and 2016.

scholarly journals Validity and Reliability

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Petr Mariel ◽  
David Hoyos ◽  
Jürgen Meyerhoff ◽  
Mikolaj Czajkowski ◽  
Thijs Dekker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice Experiment ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Choice Models ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Validity And Reliability

AbstractThis chapter concerns different aspects of validity and reliability of a discrete choice experiment. Firstly, it focuses on three essential concepts for assessing the validity of the welfare estimates obtained in the choice experiment, namely content, construct and criterion validity. Secondly, it discusses how the reliability of the recorded choices can be assessed. It then discusses issues related to model comparison and selection. Finally, it addresses prediction in discrete choice models as a way to assess the quality of a model.

Model Pemberdayaan Usaha Mikro Dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Kemandirian Usaha

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-93
Author(s):  
Mudasetia Hamid ◽  
Evy Rosalina Widyayanti
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The City

Yogyakarta is a city and the capital of Yogyakarta Special Region in Java, Indonesia. It is renowned as a center of tourism, education and culture. Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java. This region is located at the foot of the active merapi vulcano. Yogyakarta is often called the main gateway to the Central Java as where it is geographically located. It stretches from Mount Merapi to the Indian Ocean. This province is one of the most densely populated areas of Indonesia. Yogyakarta is popular tourist destination in indonesia after Bali. These have attracted large number of visitors from across Indonesia and abroad to the city. This status makes Yogyakarta is one of the most heterogeneus cities in Indonesia. In edition, Yogyakarta has attracted large number of people to reside in this city for business. One of these comers is small entrepreneurs with their market munchies enterprise (specially a traditional snack trader). This business is one of famous business in Yogyakarta, we will find rows of pavement vendors selling market munchies. The students and tourists are their main target customers. Market munchies enterprise is part of small and medium enterprises SMEs as livelihood activities. SMEs has an important role in economic growth of Indonesia. Therefore, it is very important to develop and strengthen the micro enterprise empowerment. Micro enterprise empowerment is one of strategy to reduce the poverty rate in Indonesia. Major challenger in implement this program are that micro entrepreneurs are conventional and have satisfied with their revenue. It is very important to develop a comprehensive and sustainable micro enterprise empowerment which consist of strengthen the quality of human resources, maximize the government’s roles, empower the enterprise capital and strengthen the partnership and autonomous. Micro enterprise autonomy will contribute to the economic and investment climate. This will lead to establish an accountable enterprise both for the micro enterprise and customers which at the end will strengthen the development of the micro enterprise in Yogyakarta.Keyword: micro entreprise, human resources, government roles, capital, partnership and autonomous.

Theoretical, methodological and practical issues of choice models

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37
Author(s):  
Bharat P. Bhatta
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Choice Models ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Model Formulation ◽  
Random Utility Maximization ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Model

This paper analyzes and synthesizes the fundamentals of discrete choice models. This paper alsodiscusses the basic concept and theory underlying the econometrics of discrete choice, specific choicemodels, estimation method, model building and tests, and applications of discrete choice models. Thiswork highlights the relationship between economic theory and discrete choice models: how economictheory contributes to choice modeling and vice versa. Keywords: Discrete choice models; Random utility maximization; Decision makers; Utility function;Model formulation

Mites of the family Phytoseiidae (Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) at the plants in Brovary town

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
S. L. Grabovska ◽  
L. O. Kolodochka
Keyword(s):  
Phytoseiid Mites ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
District Center ◽  
The Family ◽  
Species Composition And Distribution ◽  
Dog Rose ◽  
The City ◽  
Species Being

This article deals with the results of study of species content and basic peculiarities of beaked mites-Phytoseiidae in plant associations of one of the regional centers of Ukraine. The species composition and distribution of mites-Phytoseiidae (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) in plantations of Brovary town of Kyiv region were determined. Fourteen species of 8 genera of phytoseiid mites were found. Index of their existing and relative biotope connection of each registered species to vegetation types and plant species were computed. The study was conducted according to the results of material treatment on the territory of the mentioned city from 25 species of plants (16 species of hardy-shrub and 9 of herbaceous vegetations). The studies of distribution of plant-living mites-Phytoseiidae were conducted separately for hardy-shrub and herbaceous plants). The collection of faunistic material was executed during the vegetation of periods of 2011 and 2013. Within the city the collection of the material was conducted with hardy-shrub plants and herbaceous type of vegetation along the streets, in parks and squares of Brovary city of Kyiv region, district center, one of the satellite-cities of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The study of species complexes characteristics of mites was conducted with usage of data calculated on the basis of frequency index (Is), degree of relative habitat confinedness (F) (Pesenko, 1982) and domination index Paliy-Kovnatski (Di) (Shitikov, 2003). Only on one species of plant (F=1) 6 species of mites-Phytoseiidae were found – T.сotoneastri on blue spruce, T. laurae – on common spruce, T. aceri – on ash-leaved maple, P. incognitus – on dog-rose, P. soleiger – on mulberry-tree, A. caudiglans – on sea-buckthorn. These species can be related to stenoecic. The mentioned species are stenotopic only in relation to the sample of plants from the plant associations of Brovary, as in other regions these species of mites can populate the other species of plants. The rest 8 species, being registered on two or more types of plants, are related to euryoecic. Among them there is a group of 6 species with “positive tendencies to population of plants”, owning the indicators of habitat confinedness 0<F<1: A. andersoni (0,92–0,96), A. rademacheri (0,85–0,96), N. herbarius (0,92–0,96), T. tiliarum (0,66–0,77), A. pirianykae (0,73–0,99), A. clavata (0,82–0,98). The rest species, E. finlandicus и K. aberrans, have the expanded range of indicators in relation to habitat confinedness (-0,71<F<0,55 и -0,16<F<0,88), that specifies on their ability to populate the big quality of species. E. finlandicus has the negative indicator of relative habitat confinedness in relation to the plants of herbaceous morphotype that serves confirmation of the ecological peculiarity of the species detected earlier. The data of relative habitat confinedness of mites to certain species of plants shows availability of stenoecic (T.сotoneastri, T. laurae, T. aceri, P. incognitus, P. soleiger, A. caudiglans) and euryoecic species (A. andersoni, A. rademacheri, N. herbarius, E. finlandicus, K. aberrans, T. tiliarum, A. pirianykae, A. clavata). 

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