 Spillover effects of specialized high schoolsChristine Mulhern, Shelby McNeill, Fatih Unlu, Brian Phillips, Julie A. Edmunds and Eric Grebing Journal of Public Economics, 2024, vol. 238, issue C Abstract: Specialized high schools are an increasingly popular way to prepare young adults for postsecondary experiences and expand school choice. While much literature examines charter school spillover effects and the effects of specialized schools on the students who attend them, little is known about the spillover effects of specialized high schools on traditional public schools (TPS). Using an event study design, we show that one type of specialized high school, North Carolina’s Cooperative Innovative High Schools, initially attracted students who were higher achieving and more likely to be white than TPS students, but these specialized schools became more representative of the district population over time. On average, the opening of specialized schools had a mix of null and positive spillover effects on TPS student achievement. While there is some evidence of negative spillovers from the first schools that opened, the effects become more positive over time. Keywords: School choice; Spillover effects; Achievement (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:238:y:2024:i:c:s0047272724001063 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105170 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Public Economics is currently edited by R. Boadway and J. Poterba More articles in Journal of Public Economics from Elsevier |
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