Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education. Working Paper 30929

Autor/inn/en	Andrabi, Tahir; Bau, Natalie; Das, Jishnu; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Titel	Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education. Working Paper 30929
Quelle	(2023) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Grants; Public Schools; Expenditures; Educational Finance; Attribution Theory; Scores; Private Schools; Achievement Tests; Cost Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; School Districts; Local Government; Educational Quality; Elementary Secondary Education; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ausgaben; Bildungsfonds; Private school; Privatschule; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Ausland; School district; Schulbezirk; Gemeindeverwaltung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public-school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program was randomized at the village-level, allowing us to estimate its causal impact on the market. Four years after the start of the program, test scores were 0.2 sd higher in public schools. We find evidence of an education multiplier: test scores in private schools were also 0.2 sd higher in treated markets. Consistent with standard models of product differentiation, the education multiplier is greater for those private schools that faced a greater threat to their market power. Accounting for private sector responses increases the program's cost-effectiveness by 85% and affects how a policymaker would target spending. Given that markets with several public and private schools are now pervasive in low- and middle-income countries, prudent policy requires us to account for private sector responses to public policy, both in their design and in their evaluation. [Funding for this report was provided from the Research on Improving Systems in Education program, funded by UK Aid.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01