Estimating Private School Effects for School Children in Peru: Evidence from Individual‐level Panel Data

Eigbiremolen, Godstime Osekhebhen; Ogbuabor, Jonathan E.; Nwambe, Chioma Sylvia

doi:10.1002/jid.3438

Cited by 5 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 40 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Similar findings on positive private school effect have also been reported in the works of Kumar and Choudhury (2021), Singhal and Das (2019), Wamalwa and Burns (2018), Desai et al (2009) and Goyal (2009). However, there are other studies that have found private school effect to be insignificant (Goldhaber, 1996;Howell et al, 2002;Eigbiremolen et al, 2019). For example, using longitudinal data from Peru, Eigbiremolen et al (2019) did not find private school effect in Peru when they controlled for previous achievement.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentsupporting

confidence: 83%

“…However, there are other studies that have found private school effect to be insignificant (Goldhaber, 1996;Howell et al, 2002;Eigbiremolen et al, 2019). For example, using longitudinal data from Peru, Eigbiremolen et al (2019) did not find private school effect in Peru when they controlled for previous achievement. They found their results to be robust for children with low-and high-ability.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…However, there are other studies that have found private school effect to be insignificant (Goldhaber, 1996; Howell et al. , 2002; Eigbiremolen et al. , 2019).…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…, 2019). For example, using longitudinal data from Peru, Eigbiremolen et al. (2019) did not find private school effect in Peru when they controlled for previous achievement.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 94%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Understanding the learning gaps between private schools and public schools in Ghana

Boahen

2022

IJSE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

PurposeThe objective of this paper is to evaluate the learning gap between private and public school children in primary school, and ascertain the part of the private–public school learning gap that is due to differences in observables and the part that can be attributed to private school effect.Design/methodology/approachThe paper utilized a household survey data from Ghana that assessed children on numeracy and literacy in both English and local languages. The primary methodology for this study is non-linear Oaxaca decomposition. The study also utilized Welch's t-statistics to test if there are any differences in the private–public school learning gaps across several sub-groups.FindingsFindings from this study show a substantial gain for private school attendance on both numeracy and literacy. The results show that a little over 60% of the total learning gap in numeracy and literacy in English is explained by observable characteristics. However, observable characteristics almost explain all the learning gaps in the reading and writing of local languages. Evidence from the study suggests that the private school effect is homogeneous across several sub-groups. The results reveal years of education, expenditure on extra classes, religion and urbanicity as the most important variables explaining the gap that is caused by differences in observables.Originality/valueDespite the belief that private school children in Ghana have better learning outcomes, there has not been any study to quantify this learning gap in the country and this study fills this gap. While there is literature on the differences in the learning outcomes between public and private schools, those studies have focused on the differences that are attributable to the private school effect. This article does not only present the differences in the learning outcomes but also shows the proportion that is due to observable characteristics and the part that can be attributed to the private school effect.

show abstract

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentsupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…However, there are other studies that have found private school effect to be insignificant (Goldhaber, 1996; Howell et al. , 2002; Eigbiremolen et al. , 2019).…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…, 2019). For example, using longitudinal data from Peru, Eigbiremolen et al. (2019) did not find private school effect in Peru when they controlled for previous achievement.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 94%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Understanding the learning gaps between private schools and public schools in Ghana

Boahen

2022

IJSE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Singh & Sarkar, 2015;Wamalwa & Burns, 2018) while others have found negligible or insignificant effects (e.g. Chudgar & Quin, 2012;Crawfurd, Patel, & Sandefur, 2019;Eigbiremolen, Ogbuabor, & Nwambe, 2020;Muralidharan & Sundararaman, 2015;Zuilkowski, Piper, & Ong'ele, 2020). It remains unclear whether these discrepancies reflect genuine variation across contexts in the nature or effectiveness of private schools, or differences in sampling, measurement and research design.…”

Section: The Effect Of Private Schooling On Learning Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Private Schools Improve Learning Outcomes? Evidence from Within-Household Comparisons in East Africa and South Asia

Gruijters¹,

Alcott²,

Rose³

2021

Comparative Education Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A contentious debate in academic as well as policy circles relates to the growth in private schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income regions. While proponents highlight the superior learning outcomes of pupils in private schools, others have argued that this is merely a reflection of the more advantaged family background of private school pupils, rather than an effect of private schooling itself. We contribute to this debate by providing estimates derived from household fixed-effect models, which control for any observed or unobserved differences between government and private school pupils at the household level. We argue that these can be interpreted as an upper bound estimate of the effect of private schooling on learning. We rely on large-scale, comparable household survey data from Kenya, Uganda, India and Pakistan, focusing on children enrolled in grade 2 to 6 of primary school. Private school attendance ranges from 12% in Kenya to 33% in rural India, with substantial withinhousehold variation. Preliminary findings show that controlling for family background almost eliminates the positive effect of private schooling in rural Pakistan and reduces it by around half in rural India, Kenya and Uganda, to about a quarter of a standard deviation. Subgroup analyses show that the effect of private schooling does not differ substantially between highand low-SES families. We discuss implications for educational policy.

show abstract

Is private education worth it? Evidence from school-to-work transitions in Chile

Contreras,

Rodríguez,

Urzúa

2024

Labour Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Estimating Private School Effects for School Children in Peru: Evidence from Individual‐level Panel Data

Cited by 5 publications

References 40 publications

Understanding the learning gaps between private schools and public schools in Ghana

Understanding the learning gaps between private schools and public schools in Ghana

Do Private Schools Improve Learning Outcomes? Evidence from Within-Household Comparisons in East Africa and South Asia

Is private education worth it? Evidence from school-to-work transitions in Chile

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About