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The value of private schools : evidence from Pakistan
Carneiro, Pedro; Das, Jishnu; Reis, Hugo - 2016
Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education markets with significant choice among public and private schools. Our model accounts for the endogeneity of school fees and the characteristics of students attending the school. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476891
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Private education provision and public finance : the Netherlands
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - In: Education economics 21 (2013) 4, pp. 392-414
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242237
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Private beats public : a flexible value-added model with Tanzanian school switchers
Brandt, Kasper - 2018
This paper estimates a private school learning premium in Tanzania by implementing a flexible value-added model with unique administrative data on exam scores. The dataset covers 635,000 secondary school students with information on both their primary and lower secondary school exam records,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883407
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Education and selective vouchers
Piolatto, Amedeo - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2010
vouchers. Chen and West (2000) predict that voters' attitudes towards selective vouchers (SV) may be dif- ferent. They claim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540697
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Education and selective vouchers
Piolatto, Amedeo - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2009
The literature on vouchers often concludes that a voucher-based system cannot be the outcome of a majority vote. This … paper shows that it is possible to propose selective vouchers (of exogenous value) such that the majority of voters are in … favour of selective vouchers. As long as the introduction of vouchers does not undermine the existence of public schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005515946
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Private beats public: A flexible value-added model with Tanzanian school switchers
Brandt, Kasper - 2018
This paper estimates a private school learning premium in Tanzania by implementing a flexible value-added model with unique administrative data on exam scores. The dataset covers 635,000 secondary school students with information on both their primary and lower secondary school exam records,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943888
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Private tutoring expenditures in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt; Bircan, Fatma - 2004
This is the first study on private tutoring in Turkey. Private tutoring especially for the purpose of preparing for the competitive university entrance examination is an important, widespread phenomenon in Turkey. Private tutoring centers are commonly referred to as dersane in Turkish. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527572
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The Value of Private Schools: Evidence from Pakistan
Carneiro, Pedro; Das, Jishnu; Reis, Hugo - 2016
Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education markets with significant choice among public and private schools. Our model accounts for the endogeneity of school fees and the characteristics of students attending the school. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494332
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The legacy of Covid-19 in education
Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021
If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children's skill development, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic's effects on school children, this paper combines a review of the emerging international literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649748
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The legacy of COVID-19 in education
Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021
If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children's skill development, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic's effects on school children, this paper combines a review of the emerging international literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651673