BEYOND SHORT-TERM LEARNING GAINS: THE IMPACT OF OUTSOURCING SCHOOLS IN LIBERIA AFTER THREE YEARS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Romero, Mauricio; Sandefur, Justin
• 署名单位: Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueab087
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 1600-1619
• 关键词: choice

摘要

Outsourcing the management of ninety-three randomly-selected government primary schools in Liberia to eight private operators led to learning gains of 0.18 sigma after one year, but these effects plateaued in subsequent years (reaching 0.2 sigma after three years). Beyond learning gains, the programme reduced corporal punishment (by 4.6 percentage points from a base of 51%), but increased dropout (by 3.3 percentage points from a base of 15%) and failed to reduce sexual abuse. Despite facing similar contracts and settings, some providers produced uniformly positive results, while others presented trade-offs between learning gains, access to education, child safety, and financial sustainability.