We study school choice and school efficiency in terms of secondary school completion test scores by utilizing a unique database from Nepal. There are two novel features of our analysis: firstly we allow for heterogeneity among private schools, by distinguishing socially motivated trust-run...

Investment in schooling is central to enhancing excellence in education and in turn productivity. This paper provides new evidence questioning the unconditional superiority of any private schools from a national school-leaving examination database of Nepal. Using IV identification strategy to...

The paper provides new evidence questioning the unconditional superiority of private schools. Exploiting the variation in the number of private and government schools located near the chosen school and using a unique data-set from Nepal, we show that private schools as a group are generally more...

Social motivation can promote efficiency of public service delivery though its role in providing schooling is little understood. We provide both theoretical and empirical insights as to why not-for-profit private schools could enhance excellence in schooling, using Nepal as a case study. Results...