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Anand, Priyanka; Mizala, Alejandra; Repetto, Andrea – Education Working Paper Archive, 2008
This paper estimates the impact of private education on the academic achievement of low-income students in Chile. To deal with selection bias, we use propensity score matching to compare the test scores of reduced-fee paying, low-income students in private voucher schools to those of similar students in public schools and free private voucher…
Descriptors: Private Education, Public Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
Filer, Randall K.; Munich, Daniel – 2001
This paper discusses public support for private education and educational vouchers in post-Communist Hungary and the Czech Republic, which support nonstate schools extensively. Although public schools were relatively good in these countries post-Communism, there was a surge in demand for private alternatives. The paper examines changing market…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries