Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students

Author:

Figlio David N.1,Hart Cassandra M. D.2,Karbownik Krzysztof3

Affiliation:

1. University of Rochester and National Bureau of Economic Research (email: )

2. School of Education, University of California, Davis (email:)

3. Department of Economics, Emory University, and National Bureau of Economic Research (email: )

Abstract

Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging a student fixed effects design, we explore how a Florida private school choice program affected public school students’ outcomes as the program matured and scaled up. We observe growing benefits (higher standardized test scores and lower absenteeism and suspension rates) to students attending public schools with more preprogram private school options as the program matured. 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. (JEL H75, I21, I22, I28)

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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