Heterogeneity in School Value Added and the Private Premium

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Andrabi, Tahir; Bau, Natalie; Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim i.
• 署名单位: Claremont Colleges; Pomona College; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Georgetown University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20221422
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 147-182
• 关键词: lotteries; education

摘要

We estimate and validate test score-based measures of school quality ( school value added, or SVA) in Pakistan. We document substantial variation in SVA within villages and within the public and private sectors, leading to a wide range of possible estimates of the private premium. We also show that parents value SVA. Heterogeneity in parental demand for quality helps explain both the evolution of the market over time and cross-market variation in school quality. The supply side responds to parental demand for quality in the private sector, but there is no evidence it does so in the public sector. ( JEL H44, I21, I26, I28, O15)