Arbeitspapier

School Choice and Higher Education Attainment

We analyze how school vouchers affect post-secondary attainment by exploiting the universal voucher program implemented in Chile in 1981. The program allowed students to choose which primary and secondary schools to attend. The government covered tuition independently of whether the chosen school was private or public. We find that vouchers increased the probability of attending PSE by 2-4 percentage points and the probability of PSE graduation by 1-3 percentage points. Students from low socio economic backgrounds benefited the most. Further, we study whether the impacts of vouchers depend on when school choice becomes available in a student’s educational path. We find that the impacts of vouchers on PSE outcomes are maximized if vouchers are introduced before students start middle school.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15330

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
Analysis of Education
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
vouchers
school choice
higher education attendance

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Alessandrini, Diana
Milla, Joniada
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2022

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Alessandrini, Diana
  • Milla, Joniada
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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