Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Primary School Attainment in an Emerging Economy

Autor/in	Pal, Sarmistha
Titel	Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Primary School Attainment in an Emerging Economy
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 5, S.783-794 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.02.002
Schlagwörter	State Schools; Private Schools; Economics; Access to Education; School Location; Community Characteristics; Community Resources; Community Services; Community Development; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Public Schools; Cost Effectiveness; Investment; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schulgelände; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Indien
Abstract	The paper argues that access to public infrastructure plays a crucial role on the presence of private schools in a community, as it could not only minimise the cost of production, but also ensure a high return to private investment. Results using community, school and child/household-level PROBE survey data from five north Indian states provide some support to this central hypothesis: even after controlling for all other factors, access to village infrastructural facilities is associated with a higher likelihood of having a private school in the community. This is also corroborated by an analysis of household demand for private schools. The paper concludes by examining the effect of private school presence on year 5 pass rates: while all-school pass rates are significantly higher in villages with a private school, private school presence fails to have significant effect on local state school pass rates. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10