Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 15,
no. 4, November 2023
(pp. 255-94)
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.Citation
Figlio, David N., Cassandra M. D. Hart, and Krzysztof Karbownik. 2023. "Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 15 (4): 255-94. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210710Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
- I21 Analysis of Education
- I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
- I28 Education: Government Policy
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