The Effectiveness of Catholic Primary Schooling

Christopher Jepsen

Journal of Human Resources, 2003, vol. 38, issue 4

Abstract: Although extensive research has compared Catholic and public high schools, little is known about Catholic primary schools. Using unique data for two cohorts of primary school students, I find that Catholic schooling does not have a significant effect on mathematics and reading test scores. These findings do not change when school level test scores from the first-grade cohort are used to account for selection bias in the fourth-grade cohort. In fourth grade, Catholic schooling is associated with marginally fewer student absences than is public schooling.

Date: 2003
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