The emergence of private high schools in India: The impact of public-private competition on public school students

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bagde, Surendrakumar; Epple, Dennis; Taylor, Lowell
• 署名单位: Carnegie Mellon University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Carnegie Mellon University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104749
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: Private -Public Competition in Education; Indian Education

摘要

We study the entry of private secondary schools into 240 Indian villages previously served by public schools only-comparing student outcomes in these villages with outcomes in several thousand villages with no private schools. Consistent with predictions of a model of private-public school competition, we find evidence of stratification in terms of academic preparation and socioeconomic status. High -performing students sort into private schools, as do students from affluent families and from relatively privileged castes (especially males). In principle such stratification might undermine public schools, but our analysis of students across the socioeconomic spectrum shows no evidence of harm to those who remain in public schools. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.