Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan

Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan

This paper examines the impacts of accountability-based public per-student subsidies provided to low-cost private schools in Punjab, Pakistan on student enrolment and school inputs. Programme entry is contingent on achieving a minimum pass rate on a specially-designed academic test. We use regressio...

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Main Authors: Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, Raju, Dhushyanth
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:
education policy
accountability
regession discontinuity design
public subsidies
private schools
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22696
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spelling okr-10986-226962021-04-23T14:04:10Z Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Raju, Dhushyanth education policy accountability regession discontinuity design public subsidies private schools This paper examines the impacts of accountability-based public per-student subsidies provided to low-cost private schools in Punjab, Pakistan on student enrolment and school inputs. Programme entry is contingent on achieving a minimum pass rate on a specially-designed academic test. We use regression discontinuity to estimate impacts on schools that joined the programme in the last entry round (phase 4) before follow-up survey data collection. We find large positive impacts on school enrolment, number of teachers, and other inputs for programme schools near the minimum pass rate. 2015-09-28T16:24:53Z 2015-09-28T16:24:53Z 2015-08-05 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22696 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Pakistan
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topic education policy
accountability
regession discontinuity design
public subsidies
private schools
spellingShingle education policy
accountability
regession discontinuity design
public subsidies
private schools
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Raju, Dhushyanth
Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan
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description This paper examines the impacts of accountability-based public per-student subsidies provided to low-cost private schools in Punjab, Pakistan on student enrolment and school inputs. Programme entry is contingent on achieving a minimum pass rate on a specially-designed academic test. We use regression discontinuity to estimate impacts on schools that joined the programme in the last entry round (phase 4) before follow-up survey data collection. We find large positive impacts on school enrolment, number of teachers, and other inputs for programme schools near the minimum pass rate.
format Journal Article
author Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Raju, Dhushyanth
author_facet Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Raju, Dhushyanth
author_sort Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
title Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan
title_short Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan
title_full Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan
title_fullStr Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the Impact of Public Student Subsidies on Low-Cost Private Schools in Pakistan
title_sort evaluating the impact of public student subsidies on low-cost private schools in pakistan
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22696
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