Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan

This study estimates the causal effects of a public per-student subsidy program targeted at low-cost private schools in Pakistan on student enrollment and schooling inputs. Program entry is ultimately conditional on achieving a minimum stipulated student pass rate (cutoff) in a standardized academic test. This mechanism for treatment assignment allows the application of regression-discontinuity (RD) methods to estimate program impacts at the cutoff. Data on two rounds of entry test takers (phase 3 and phase 4) are used. Modeling the entry process of phase-4 test takers as a sharp RD design, the authors find evidence of large positive impacts on the number of students, teachers, classrooms, and blackboards. Modeling the entry process of phase-3 test takers as a partially-fuzzy RD design given treatment crossovers, they do not find evidence of significant program impacts on outcomes of interest. The latter finding is likely due to weak identification arising from a small jump in the probability of treatment at the cutoff.

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Main Authors: Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, Raju, Dhushyanth
Language:English
Published: 2011-04-01
Subjects:ACADEMIC YEAR, ACCESS TO SCHOOLING, ADULT LITERACY, ADULT LITERACY RATE, ANNUAL FEES, ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM, AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT, BASIC EDUCATION, BLACKBOARDS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CALL, CHILD EDUCATION, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM RATIO, CLASSROOM SPACE, CLASSROOMS, COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, CURRICULUM, EDUCATION GOALS, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STATISTICS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, EDUCATIONAL INPUTS, EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS, ELEMENTS, ENROLLMENT FIGURES, ENROLLMENT GROWTH, ENROLLMENT INCREASES, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EXPENDITURES, FEE STRUCTURES, FEMALE EDUCATION, FEMALE STUDENTS, GIRLS, GLOBAL EDUCATION, HEAD START, HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INTERVENTIONS, LEARNING, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, LET, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, LITERACY RATES, LITERATURE, LIVING STANDARDS, MATHEMATICS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, OPEN ACCESS, PAPERS, PARTICIPATION RATES, PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION, PASS RATE, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLING, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, REGISTERED SCHOOLS, RURAL AREAS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL CENSUS, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL ENTRY, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL RECORDS, SCHOOL SIZE, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL TEACHER, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL TYPES, SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT SUBSIDIES, STUDENT SUBSIDY, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO, SUBJECT AREAS, SUBJECTS, TEACHER, TEACHER ABSENTEEISM, TEACHER COMPETENCY, TEACHER CREDENTIALS, TEACHER PERFORMANCE, TEACHER SALARIES, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING TOOLS, TEST ADMINISTRATION, TEST SCORES, TUTORING, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, URBAN SCHOOLS, VOUCHERS,
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spelling dig-okr-1098634022024-08-08T15:44:26Z Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Raju, Dhushyanth ACADEMIC YEAR ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ADULT LITERACY ADULT LITERACY RATE ANNUAL FEES ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT BASIC EDUCATION BLACKBOARDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALL CHILD EDUCATION CLASSROOM CLASSROOM RATIO CLASSROOM SPACE CLASSROOMS COMPARATIVE EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION GOALS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STATISTICS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS ELEMENTS ENROLLMENT FIGURES ENROLLMENT GROWTH ENROLLMENT INCREASES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPENDITURES FEE STRUCTURES FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE STUDENTS GIRLS GLOBAL EDUCATION HEAD START HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY RATES LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MATHEMATICS MIDDLE SCHOOLS NATIONAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PARTICIPATION RATES PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION PASS RATE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLING PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGISTERED SCHOOLS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENTRY SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL RECORDS SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT STUDENT SUBSIDIES STUDENT SUBSIDY STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER COMPETENCY TEACHER CREDENTIALS TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER SALARIES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING TOOLS TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TUTORING UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION URBAN SCHOOLS VOUCHERS This study estimates the causal effects of a public per-student subsidy program targeted at low-cost private schools in Pakistan on student enrollment and schooling inputs. Program entry is ultimately conditional on achieving a minimum stipulated student pass rate (cutoff) in a standardized academic test. This mechanism for treatment assignment allows the application of regression-discontinuity (RD) methods to estimate program impacts at the cutoff. Data on two rounds of entry test takers (phase 3 and phase 4) are used. Modeling the entry process of phase-4 test takers as a sharp RD design, the authors find evidence of large positive impacts on the number of students, teachers, classrooms, and blackboards. Modeling the entry process of phase-3 test takers as a partially-fuzzy RD design given treatment crossovers, they do not find evidence of significant program impacts on outcomes of interest. The latter finding is likely due to weak identification arising from a small jump in the probability of treatment at the cutoff. 2012-03-19T18:01:50Z 2012-03-19T18:01:50Z 2011-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110425102033 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3402 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5638 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain
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topic ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT LITERACY RATE
ANNUAL FEES
ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM
AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
BASIC EDUCATION
BLACKBOARDS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CALL
CHILD EDUCATION
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM RATIO
CLASSROOM SPACE
CLASSROOMS
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION GOALS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXPENDITURES
FEE STRUCTURES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE STUDENTS
GIRLS
GLOBAL EDUCATION
HEAD START
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LET
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARTICIPATION RATES
PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
PASS RATE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGISTERED SCHOOLS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL RECORDS
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL TEACHER
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
STUDENT SUBSIDIES
STUDENT SUBSIDY
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
TEACHER COMPETENCY
TEACHER CREDENTIALS
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING TOOLS
TEST ADMINISTRATION
TEST SCORES
TUTORING
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN SCHOOLS
VOUCHERS
ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT LITERACY RATE
ANNUAL FEES
ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM
AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
BASIC EDUCATION
BLACKBOARDS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CALL
CHILD EDUCATION
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM RATIO
CLASSROOM SPACE
CLASSROOMS
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION GOALS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXPENDITURES
FEE STRUCTURES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE STUDENTS
GIRLS
GLOBAL EDUCATION
HEAD START
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LET
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARTICIPATION RATES
PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
PASS RATE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGISTERED SCHOOLS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL RECORDS
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL TEACHER
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
STUDENT SUBSIDIES
STUDENT SUBSIDY
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
TEACHER COMPETENCY
TEACHER CREDENTIALS
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING TOOLS
TEST ADMINISTRATION
TEST SCORES
TUTORING
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN SCHOOLS
VOUCHERS
spellingShingle ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT LITERACY RATE
ANNUAL FEES
ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM
AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
BASIC EDUCATION
BLACKBOARDS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CALL
CHILD EDUCATION
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM RATIO
CLASSROOM SPACE
CLASSROOMS
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION GOALS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXPENDITURES
FEE STRUCTURES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE STUDENTS
GIRLS
GLOBAL EDUCATION
HEAD START
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LET
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARTICIPATION RATES
PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
PASS RATE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGISTERED SCHOOLS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL RECORDS
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL TEACHER
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
STUDENT SUBSIDIES
STUDENT SUBSIDY
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
TEACHER COMPETENCY
TEACHER CREDENTIALS
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING TOOLS
TEST ADMINISTRATION
TEST SCORES
TUTORING
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN SCHOOLS
VOUCHERS
ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT LITERACY RATE
ANNUAL FEES
ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM
AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
BASIC EDUCATION
BLACKBOARDS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CALL
CHILD EDUCATION
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM RATIO
CLASSROOM SPACE
CLASSROOMS
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION GOALS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXPENDITURES
FEE STRUCTURES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE STUDENTS
GIRLS
GLOBAL EDUCATION
HEAD START
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LET
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARTICIPATION RATES
PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
PASS RATE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGISTERED SCHOOLS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL RECORDS
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL TEACHER
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
STUDENT SUBSIDIES
STUDENT SUBSIDY
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
TEACHER COMPETENCY
TEACHER CREDENTIALS
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING TOOLS
TEST ADMINISTRATION
TEST SCORES
TUTORING
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN SCHOOLS
VOUCHERS
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Raju, Dhushyanth
Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan
description This study estimates the causal effects of a public per-student subsidy program targeted at low-cost private schools in Pakistan on student enrollment and schooling inputs. Program entry is ultimately conditional on achieving a minimum stipulated student pass rate (cutoff) in a standardized academic test. This mechanism for treatment assignment allows the application of regression-discontinuity (RD) methods to estimate program impacts at the cutoff. Data on two rounds of entry test takers (phase 3 and phase 4) are used. Modeling the entry process of phase-4 test takers as a sharp RD design, the authors find evidence of large positive impacts on the number of students, teachers, classrooms, and blackboards. Modeling the entry process of phase-3 test takers as a partially-fuzzy RD design given treatment crossovers, they do not find evidence of significant program impacts on outcomes of interest. The latter finding is likely due to weak identification arising from a small jump in the probability of treatment at the cutoff.
topic_facet ACADEMIC YEAR
ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT LITERACY RATE
ANNUAL FEES
ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM
AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
BASIC EDUCATION
BLACKBOARDS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CALL
CHILD EDUCATION
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM RATIO
CLASSROOM SPACE
CLASSROOMS
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION GOALS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STATISTICS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT FIGURES
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
ENROLLMENT INCREASES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
EXPENDITURES
FEE STRUCTURES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE STUDENTS
GIRLS
GLOBAL EDUCATION
HEAD START
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LET
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
MATHEMATICS
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARTICIPATION RATES
PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
PASS RATE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGISTERED SCHOOLS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENTRY
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
SCHOOL RECORDS
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL TEACHER
SCHOOL TEACHERS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
STUDENT SUBSIDIES
STUDENT SUBSIDY
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
TEACHER COMPETENCY
TEACHER CREDENTIALS
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING TOOLS
TEST ADMINISTRATION
TEST SCORES
TUTORING
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN SCHOOLS
VOUCHERS
author Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Raju, Dhushyanth
author_facet Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Raju, Dhushyanth
author_sort Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
title Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan
title_short Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan
title_full Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan
title_fullStr Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan
title_sort evaluating public per-student subsidies to low-cost private schools : regression-discontinuity evidence from pakistan
publishDate 2011-04-01
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https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3402
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