Parental Choice and Residential Segregation

Abstract

Can enhanced parental choice of schools have a moderating effect on processes of residential segregation? In this article, the declared motivation and residential distribution of parents who enrolled their children in Special Program Non-neighborhood (SPNN) schools in the metropolitan area of Tel-Aviv, Israel, are examined. Our findings lend some support to the hypothesis that enrollment in SPNN schools may serve as an alternative for residential mobility for families whose educational and professional status is high, relative to the status of their areas of residence. © 1993, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.