Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands
One of the key features of the Dutch education system is freedom of education -- freedom to establish schools and organize teaching. Almost 70 percent of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools are gov...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11692513/private-education-provision-public-finance-netherlands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19861 |
| Summary: | One of the key features of the Dutch
education system is freedom of education -- freedom to
establish schools and organize teaching. Almost 70 percent
of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private
school boards, and all schools are government funded
equally. This allows school choice. Using an instrument to
identify school choice, it is shown that the Dutch system
promotes academic performance. The instrumental variables
results show that private school attendance is associated
with higher test scores. Private school size effects in
math, reading, and science achievement are 0.17, 0.28, and 0.18. |
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