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...

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...

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...