The Value of Private Schools: Evidence from Pakistan

Pedro Carneiro, Jishnu Das and Hugo Reis
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Pedro Carneiro: UCL, IFS, CEMMAP, FAIR-NHH
Jishnu Das: Georgetown University

The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, vol. 106, issue 5, 1301-1318

Abstract: Using unique data from Pakistan, we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education markets with significant choice among public and private schools. Families are willing to pay substantially for reductions in distance to school, but, in contrast, price elasticities are low. Using the demand estimates, we show that the existence of a low-fee private school market is of great value for households in our sample, reaching 2% to 7% of annual per capita expenditure for those choosing private schools.

Date: 2024
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