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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...

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Does private schooling increase adult earnings? : cohort-level evidence for U.S. states

Berger, Reilee L.; Winters, John V. - 2016

Public schooling in the U.S. has numerous critics, many of whom suggest that alternatives such as providing vouchers …

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School choice and competition

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Geest, Stephanie van der; Gradus, Raymond - 2008

The literature suggests that competition among schools might increase quality. However, not much empirical evidence is present as only a few countries allow competition at a large scale. One exception is the Netherlands. Free parental choice is the leading principle of the Dutch education system...

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The value of private schools : evidence from Pakistan

Carneiro, Pedro; Das, Jishnu; Reis, Hugo - 2016

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Report cards : parental preferences, information and school choice in Haiti

Bogner, Michael; Elacqua, Gregory; Jacas, Isabel; … - 2023

This paper studies school choice and information in the context of education markets in rural Haiti. Using a market level randomized control trial, we evaluate the aggregate effect of providing test score information on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment. After the intervention, we...

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Independent schools and long-run educational outcomes : evidence from Sweden's large scale voucher reform

Böhlmark, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael - 2012

This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent school sector at the compulsory level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in 1992. Starting from a situation where all public schools were essentially local monopolists, the...

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Competition and educational quality : evidence from the Netherlands

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond; Jong, Matthijs de - 2009

Ample evidence is available for the effect of competition on educational quality as only a few countries allow large scale competition. In the Netherlands free parental choice is present since the beginning of the 20th century, which can be characterized as a full voucher program with 100%...

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The pandemic's effect on demand for public schools, homeschooling, and private schools

Musaddiq, Tareena; Stange, Kevin M.; Bacher-Hicks, Andrew; … - 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic drastically disrupted the functioning of U.S. public schools, potentially changing the relative appeal of alternatives such as homeschooling and private schools. Using longitudinal student-level administrative data from Michigan and nationally representative data from the...

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School choice and higher education attainment

Alessandrini, Diana; Milla, Joniada - 2022

We analyze how school vouchers affect post-secondary attainment by exploiting the universal voucher program implemented … covered tuition independently of whether the chosen school was private or public. We find that vouchers increased the … from low socio economic backgrounds benefited the most. Further, we study whether the impacts of vouchers depend on when …

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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,...

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