On the Quality of Private and Public Education: the Case of Chile

Juan-Pedro Garces ()

No 2009-22, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this essay, we intend to measure the contribution of different factors within the educational system that affect the quality of education. The purpose is to compare, in a completely dispassionate way, the academic achievements of public and private schools (mainly at the secondary level) in one country: Chile. We take Chile because it has the most extensive (voucher-type) program for subsidizing private education and because it has a fairly wide and accessible amount of data. Amongst other factors, we study the influence of the public/private divide, the socio-economic level of the students and the pupil/teacher ratio. The quality of education is measured by the performance of students in standardized national tests administered to all schools in Chile.

Keywords: education; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-07
Note: The author is very grateful to all of those who provided him with useful advice and comments; in particular, Susan Randolph, Samson Kimenyi and Francis Ahking.

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