Impact of Private Secondary Schooling on Cognitive Skills : Evidence from India

Impact of Private Secondary Schooling on Cognitive Skills : Evidence from India

We examine the effect of attending private secondary school on educational achievement, as measured by students' scores in a comprehensive standardized math test, in two Indian states: Orissa and Rajasthan. We use propensity score matching (PSM) to control for any systematic differences between...

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Main Authors: Azam, Mehtabul, Kingdon, Geeta, Wu, Kin Bing
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:
secondary education
private school
student achievement
rural schools
urban schools
public school
propensity score matching
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25018

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