In this study, we have carried out an empirical investigation on the potential differences in school performance … government—the Region. The results show that, on average, there is no statistically significant ‘private school effect’. However …, when exploring the potential heterogeneity of such effect, we did find that attending a private school is associated with …

"We develop a framework that may be used to determine the degree to which a school choice program may harm public … school stayers by luring the best students to other schools. This framework results in a simple formula showing that the … "cream-skimming" effect is increasing in the degree of heterogeneity within schools, the school choice takeup rate of strong …