Can school competition improve standards? The case of faith schools in England

Rebecca Allen () and Anna Vignoles

Empirical Economics, 2016, vol. 50, issue 3, No 11, 959-973

Abstract: Abstract This paper measures the extent to which the presence of state-funded Catholic secondary schools in England alters the educational experiences of pupils who attend neighbouring schools, whether through school effort induced by competition or changes in peer groups induced by sorting. National administrative data are used to estimate pupil test score growth models between the ages of 11 and 16, with instrumental variable methods employed to avoid confounding the direct causal effect of Catholic schools. The historical Catholic population, holding constant the current Catholic population, is used to predict current Catholic school supply. We find little evidence that competition from Catholic schools raises area-wide pupil attainment.

Keywords: School competition; Religious schooling; School quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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