Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Studentst

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Karbownik, Krzysztof
• 署名单位: University of Rochester; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of California System; University of California Davis; Emory University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210710
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 255-294
• 关键词: class size; scholarship program; achievement; COMPETITION; outcomes; voucher; teachers; QUALITY; RACE

摘要

Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging a student fixed effects design, we explore how a Florida private school choice program affected public school students' outcomes as the program matured and scaled up. We observe growing benefits (higher standardized test scores and lower absenteeism and suspension rates) to students attending pub-lic schools with more preprogram private school options as the pro-gram matured. Effects are particularly pronounced for lower-income students, but results are positive for more affluent students as well. Local and district-wide private school competition are both inde-pendently related to student outcomes. (JEL H75, I21, I22, I28)