Do Vouchers and Tax Credits Increase Private School Regulation? A Statistical Analysis

Autor/in	Coulson, Andrew J.
Titel	Do Vouchers and Tax Credits Increase Private School Regulation? A Statistical Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 5 (2011) 2, S.224-251 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Tax Credits; School Choice; Robustness (Statistics); Educational Vouchers; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; State Regulation; Educational Change; Change Strategies; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Steuerermäßigung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Staatliche Lenkung; Bildungsreform; Lösungsstrategie; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; USA
Abstract	School voucher and education tax credit programs have proliferated in the United States over the past 2 decades. Advocates have argued that they will enable families to become active consumers in a free and competitive education marketplace, but some fear that these programs may bring a heavy regulatory burden that could stifle market forces. Until now, there has been no systematic, empirical investigation of that concern. This article aims to shed light on the issue by quantifying the regulations imposed on private schools within and outside school choice programs and then analyzing them with descriptive statistics and regression analyses. The results were tested for robustness to alternative ways of quantifying private school regulation and to alternative regression models, and the question of causality is addressed. The study concludes that vouchers, but not tax credits, impose a substantial and statistically significant additional regulatory burden on participating private schools. (Contains 10 tables, 3 figures, and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10