Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets
We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of our sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11 standard...
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okr-10986-290652021-05-25T10:54:42Z Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets Andrabi, Tahir Das, Jishnu Khwaja, Asim Ijaz EDUCATION STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT TESTING PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of our sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11 standard deviations, decreased private school fees by 17 percent, and increased primary enrollment by 4.5 percent. Heterogeneity in the treatment impact by initial school test scores is consistent with canonical models of asymmetric information. Information provision facilitates better comparisons across providers, and improves market efficiency and child welfare through higher test scores, higher enrollment, and lower fees. 2017-12-20T20:43:01Z 2017-12-20T20:43:01Z 2017-06 Journal Article American Economic Review 0002-8282 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29065 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo American Economic Association American Economic Association Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research |
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We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of our sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11 standard deviations, decreased private school fees by 17 percent, and increased primary enrollment by 4.5 percent. Heterogeneity in the treatment impact by initial school test scores is consistent with canonical models of asymmetric information. Information provision facilitates better comparisons across providers, and improves market efficiency and child welfare through higher test scores, higher enrollment, and lower fees. |
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Andrabi, Tahir Das, Jishnu Khwaja, Asim Ijaz |
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Andrabi, Tahir Das, Jishnu Khwaja, Asim Ijaz |
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Andrabi, Tahir |
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Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets |
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Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets |
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Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets |
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Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets |
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Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets |
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report cards : the impact of providing school and child test scores on educational markets |
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