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

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14342

Classification and Topics

• 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

Contributors, Places and Time

• 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

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/236373
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET