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first grade for a Mexico City private school that targets and subsidizes attendance for low-income children. Over three … more satisfied with their school and had higher educational expectations for their children. Unlike findings from low … indicate gains made by the lowest income students in the sample help explain the school's impact. This suggests private schools …
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This paper examines whether an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds out private enrollment. The paper uses rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000 to 2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. The results...
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organize teaching. Almost 70 percent of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools … are government funded equally. This allows school choice. Using an instrument to identify school choice, it is shown that … the Dutch system promotes academic performance. The instrumental variables results show that private school attendance is …
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selection, it found that students in eighth grade mathematics achieve more in both types of private school than they do in …
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design to estimate the causal impacts of the program on private school performance. The study finds that the public …
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Vouchers stimulate demand for health care services by giving beneficiaries purchasing power. In turn, health facilities? claims are reimbursed for providing beneficiaries with improved quality of health care. Efficient strategies to generate demand from new, often poor, users and supply in the...
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Despite recent calls in support of cash transfers, there is little rigorous evidence of the relative impacts of cash versus in-kind transfers, especially in humanitarian contexts, where a majority of such programs take place. This paper uses data from a randomized experiment in the Democratic...
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Input subsidy programs carry support as instruments to increase agricultural productivity, provided they are market-smart. This requires especially proper targeting to contain the fiscal pressure, with decentralized targeting of input vouchers currently the instrument of choice. Nonetheless,...
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This paper studies study the impact of providing school and child test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and …) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11 standard deviations, decreased private school fees by 17 percent, and … increased primary enrollment by 4.5 percent. Heterogeneity in the treatment impact by initial school quality is consistent with …
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and managed by the private sector, schools financed by the government and managed by the private sector, private school … vouchers, and tutoring outside the classroom. According to recent household survey data, almost one-third of school-goers aged …
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