Arbeitspapier
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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14342
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Wirtschaft
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Analysis of Education
Educational Finance; Financial Aid
Education: Government Policy
- Subject
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school choice
school competition
student achievement
behavioral outcomes
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Figlio, David N.
Hart, Cassandra M. D.
Karbownik, Krzysztof
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2021
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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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