Catholic schools, competition, and public school quality

Carattini, Juliana F.; Dills, Angela K.; Mulholland, Sean E.; Sederberg, Rachel

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.042

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“…Similar to Hoxby (1994), Cohen-Zada (2009), and Carattini, Dills, Mulholland and Sederberg (2012), the instrumental variables that determine nonpublic school enrollment in this study are related to the presence of religious population by school district and as in Hoxby A higher church value in 1890 would suggest a higher share of religious population that is able to afford the founding and funding of a private school. Since public school district borders are defined by county borders, they are not necessarily dictated by topology, as in Hoxby (2000).…”

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confidence: 68%

Non-public competition and public school performance: evidence from West Virginia

2016

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In this study, we investigate whether nonpublic school enrollment affects the performance of public school districts. If homeschooling and private schools act as competition, public school districts test scores should be positively associated with nonpublic enrollment. Using data on West Virginia county school districts, and controlling for endogeneity with an instrumental variables approach, we find that a one standard deviation increase in relative nonpublic enrollment in a county is associated with statistically significant increases in public school district test scores. Our findings thus confirm that nonpublic enrollment and the competition it provides act to improve, rather than impede, public school performance.

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Non-public competition and public school performance: evidence from West Virginia

2016

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“…Some research has suggested that variation in the types of private schools might predict competition. For example, Carattini et al (2012) reported that competition from religious schools improved public school students' test scores. However, we found no difference between how public schools viewed religious and non-religious private schools in the quantitative results.…”

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“…Similarly, different types of private schools may have different competitive effects. For example, Carattini, Dills, Mulholland, and Sederberg (2012) reported that competition from Catholic schools improved public school students' test scores. Finally, there are numerous other "local conditioning factors" (Ni & Arsen, 2010) that might shape competition under voucher schemes, such as overall enrollment trends in the city or other competing choice policies, such as charter schools.…”

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Multiple choice: How public school leaders in New Orleans's saturated market view private school competitors

Jabbar

2016

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School choice policies, such as charter schools and vouchers, are in part designed to induce competition between schools. While several studies have examined the impact of private school competition on public schools, few studies have explored school leaders’ perceptions of private school competitors. This study examines the extent to which public school leaders in New Orleans, which already has a robust public school choice system, perceived competition with private schools, and the characteristics that predicted competition between the two types of schools. We find that while over half of principals reported competing with private schools for students, there was a wide range of the number and percentage of possible competitors reported. Furthermore, the results suggest that school voucher policies did not play a major role in influencing why schools competed with private schools. In addition, public school leaders who did lose students to private schools through the voucher program reported that they often recouped those losses, when parents returned to public schools unsatisfied or facing additional unexpected costs.

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“…Studies analysing general private‐school competition are more mixed, depending on the instrument utilised (e.g. Carattini et al ; Hoxby ). However, one study using a compelling difference‐in‐difference research design analyses the voucher programme in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and finds that it appears to have generated quite large gains overall (Chakrabarti ).…”

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Handing Over the School Keys: The Impact of Privatisation on Education Quality

Sahlgren

2014

Economic Affairs

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In recent decades, privatisation has become a mainstream policy option considered by politicians worldwide to improve the quality of schooling. This paper discusses the theoretical reasoning underlying the links between privatisation and education quality/productivity, and evaluates the empirical research. For privatisation to function well, it is crucial that the right competitive incentives exist, which in turn requires specific system design. While the cross‐national literature consistently indicates positive long‐term effects of private provision, the within‐country literature is more mixed (although there is very little evidence of negative effects). Yet it is important to note the significant flaws in the system design of many privatisation initiatives, which have unsurprisingly ensured that the effects of these initiatives thus far have been small or moderate at best. Flawed privatisations are unlikely to yield very strong gains. The policy implication is that politicians must pay careful attention to system design when privatising their education systems.

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Catholic schools, competition, and public school quality

Cited by 4 publications

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Non-public competition and public school performance: evidence from West Virginia

Non-public competition and public school performance: evidence from West Virginia

Multiple choice: How public school leaders in New Orleans's saturated market view private school competitors

Handing Over the School Keys: The Impact of Privatisation on Education Quality

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