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Effects of Scaling up Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students

Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging a student fixed effects design, we explore how the massive scale-up of a Florida private school choice program affected public school students' outcomes. Program expansion modestly benefited students (through higher standardized test scores and lower absenteeism and suspension rates) attending public schools closer to more pre-program private school options. Effects are particularly pronounced for lower-income students, but results are positive for more affluent students as well. Local and district-wide private school competition are both independently related to student outcomes.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14342

Classification
Wirtschaft
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Analysis of Education
Educational Finance; Financial Aid
Education: Government Policy
Subject
school choice
school competition
student achievement
behavioral outcomes

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Figlio, David N.
Hart, Cassandra M. D.
Karbownik, Krzysztof
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2021

Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Figlio, David N.
  • Hart, Cassandra M. D.
  • Karbownik, Krzysztof
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2021

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