Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
This study experimentally evaluates the short-term impacts of public per-student subsidies to partnering local entrepreneurs to establish and operate tuition-free, coeducational, private primary schools in educationally underserved villages in Sind...
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okr-10986-283542021-06-14T10:12:44Z Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Blakeslee, David S. Hoover, Matthew Linden, Leigh L. Raju, Dhushyanth Ryan, Stephen P. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIMARY EDUCATION GENDER DISPARITY SUBSIDIES PRIVATE EDUCATION This study experimentally evaluates the short-term impacts of public per-student subsidies to partnering local entrepreneurs to establish and operate tuition-free, coeducational, private primary schools in educationally underserved villages in Sindh province, Pakistan. Two subsidy structures were tested, one in which the subsidy amount did not differ by student gender, and the other in which the subsidy amount was higher for female students. The program administrator introduced the latter structure with the aim of correcting for the gender disparity in school enrollment in the general program setting. The program increased school enrollment by 30 percentage points in treated villages, for boys and girls. It increased test scores by 0.63 standard deviations in treated villages. The gender-differentiated subsidy structure did not have larger impacts on girls' enrollment or test scores than the gender-uniform one. Program schools proved more effective in raising test scores than government schools located near the villages, with program-school students scoring 0.16 standard deviations higher, despite coming from more socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. Estimations of the demand for schooling and education production suggest nearly efficient choices on school inputs by the program administrator and partnering entrepreneurs. 2017-09-21T16:33:18Z 2017-09-21T16:33:18Z 2017-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/868011504015520701/Delivering-education-to-the-underserved-through-a-public-private-partnership-program-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28354 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8177 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Pakistan |
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIMARY EDUCATION GENDER DISPARITY SUBSIDIES PRIVATE EDUCATION Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Blakeslee, David S. Hoover, Matthew Linden, Leigh L. Raju, Dhushyanth Ryan, Stephen P. Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan |
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This study experimentally evaluates the
short-term impacts of public per-student subsidies to
partnering local entrepreneurs to establish and operate
tuition-free, coeducational, private primary schools in
educationally underserved villages in Sindh province,
Pakistan. Two subsidy structures were tested, one in which
the subsidy amount did not differ by student gender, and the
other in which the subsidy amount was higher for female
students. The program administrator introduced the latter
structure with the aim of correcting for the gender
disparity in school enrollment in the general program
setting. The program increased school enrollment by 30
percentage points in treated villages, for boys and girls.
It increased test scores by 0.63 standard deviations in
treated villages. The gender-differentiated subsidy
structure did not have larger impacts on girls'
enrollment or test scores than the gender-uniform one.
Program schools proved more effective in raising test scores
than government schools located near the villages, with
program-school students scoring 0.16 standard deviations
higher, despite coming from more socioeconomically
disadvantaged backgrounds. Estimations of the demand for
schooling and education production suggest nearly efficient
choices on school inputs by the program administrator and
partnering entrepreneurs. |
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Working Paper |
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Blakeslee, David S. Hoover, Matthew Linden, Leigh L. Raju, Dhushyanth Ryan, Stephen P. |
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Blakeslee, David S. Hoover, Matthew Linden, Leigh L. Raju, Dhushyanth Ryan, Stephen P. |
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe |
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Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan |
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Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan |
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Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan |
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Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan |
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Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan |
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delivering education to the underserved through a public-private partnership program in pakistan |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/868011504015520701/Delivering-education-to-the-underserved-through-a-public-private-partnership-program-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28354 |
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