Using School Scholarships to Estimate the Effect of Private Education on the Academic Achievement of Low-Income Students in Chile

Autor/inn/en	Anand, Priyanka; Mizala, Alejandra; Repetto, Andrea
Titel	Using School Scholarships to Estimate the Effect of Private Education on the Academic Achievement of Low-Income Students in Chile
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 28 (2009) 3, S.370-381 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.03.005
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Public Schools; Standardized Tests; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Scores; Scholarships; Educational Vouchers; Outcomes of Education; Comparative Analysis; Economics; Data Analysis; Program Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Economically Disadvantaged; Low Income; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Schulleistung; Ausland; Scholarship; Stipendium; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Auswertung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Niedriglohn
Abstract	This paper estimates the impact of private education on the academic achievement of low-income students in Chile. To deal with selection bias, we use propensity score matching to compare the test scores of reduced-fee paying, low-income students in fee-charging private voucher schools to those of similar students in public schools and free private voucher schools. Our results reveal that students in fee-charging private voucher schools score slightly higher than students in public schools. The difference in standardized test scores is approximately 10 points, a test score gain of 0.2 standard deviations. We find no difference in the academic achievement of students in the fee-charging private voucher treatment group relative to their counterparts in free private voucher schools. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10