Affirmative action and private education expenditure by disadvantaged groups: Evidence from India

Arbeitspapier

Under the Right to Education Act (2009), the Indian government introduced a policy that required private schools to reserve 25% of primary school places for children from socially disadvantaged households. This paper examines the impact of the RTE Act's reservation policy on private school expenditure by socially disadvantaged households. Leveraging the age of school entry and using a difference-in-difference approach, this paper finds a significant decrease in private school fees for disadvantaged children postpolicy. This reduction is more pronounced in districts with higher enrolment rates under the policy. The change is attributed to a rise in low-cost private schools post-policy, facilitating cheaper education for disadvantaged students. Moreover, there exists a strong correlation between the growth of low-cost schools and increased policy enrolments at the district level.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CREDIT Research Paper ; No. 24/02

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Educational Finance; Financial Aid ; Education and Inequality ; Education: Government Policy
• Thema: Private schools ; Disadvantaged groups ; Right to Education Act ; Reservation policy

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Vinod, Athira
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The University of Nottingham, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT)
• (wo): Nottingham
• (wann): 2024

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/284124
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ