The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools

In 1999 the city of Bogota, Colombia launched the concession school program designed to broaden the coverage and quality of basic education. It consists of a contract between a group of private schools and the public educational system such that private agents provide education for low-income students. This paper tests three main hypotheses concerning the impact of concessions on the quality of education: first, dropout rates are lower in concession schools than in similar public schools; second, other public schools nearby the concession schools have lower dropout rates in comparison with other public schools outside the area of influence; and third, test scores from concession schools are higher than scores in similar public schools. The paper presents evidence in favor of the three hypotheses using propensity score and matching estimators.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-02
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC EDUCATION, ADULT EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION, BETTER LEARNING, CLASS SIZE, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOMS, COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS, COUNSELING, DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT RATES, EDUCATION OF TEACHERS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, ELEMENTS, ENROLLMENT, EXAM, FUTURE RESEARCH, GRADE LEVELS, GRADUATE STUDIES, HEADMASTERS, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER GRADE, HIGHER GRADES, HIGHER TEST SCORES, HOME VISITS, INTERVENTIONS, LEARNING, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LET, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIBRARIES, LITERATURE, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, MATHEMATICS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NUMBER OF PUPILS, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NUTRITION, PAPERS, PRIVATE EDUCATION, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, READING, RESEARCHERS, RETENTION RATE, SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOL DROPOUT, SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL OFFICIALS, SCHOOL PLACES, SCHOOL PROGRAM, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL QUALITY VARIABLES, SCHOOL SIZE, SCHOOL STUDENTS, SCHOOL TYPES, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SPORTS, STANDARDIZED TESTS, STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, STUDENTS PER TEACHER, SUBJECT AREAS, SUBJECTS, TEACHER, TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING STAFF, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TEST SCORES, TYPES OF SCHOOLS, VOUCHERS, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7348383/impact-private-provision-public-education-empirical-evidence-bogotas-concession-schools http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7153
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