Report cards: Parental preferences, information and school choice in Haiti

Arbeitspapier

This paper studies school choice and information in the context of education markets in rural Haiti. Using a market level randomized control trial, we evaluate the aggregate effect of providing test score information on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment. After the intervention, we find that private schools have higher test scores, with an average increase of 0.3 standard deviations in treated markets. However, we are unable to detect significant changes to prices and market shares. These findings suggest that providing information in poor education markets can improve market efficiency and benefit children's welfare.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-01470

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Analysis of Education ; Educational Finance; Financial Aid ; Education and Inequality ; Education and Economic Development ; Education: Government Policy
• Thema: private schooling ; information asymmetries ; school choice ; economic development ; Haiti

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bogner, Michael ; Elacqua, Gregory ; Jacas, Isabel ; Neilson, Christopher ; Olsen, Anne Sofie Westh
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• (wo): Washington, DC
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.18235/0004933
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ