Designing Effective Public-Private Partnerships in Education

Gustavo Arcia, Kevin Macdonald and Harry Patrinos ()
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Gustavo Arcia: Human Capital and Education Returns Lab
Kevin Macdonald: Human Capital and Education Returns Lab

No 18972, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: Publicly funded school choice is examined as a form of education public-private partnership (PPP), with cross-national differences interpreted through institutional design rather than private provision alone. A novel theoretical framework derives two indicators – alignment and coherence – from a formal utility-theoretic model of PPP maturity, applied here for the first time to education. Across seven systems, the results reveal substantial differences in how competition, autonomy, accountability, and information are jointly structured. The findings highlight institutional architecture and complementarity as central to the design of effective education PPPs.

Keywords: school choice; public-private partnerships (PPPs); education vouchers; competition in education; autonomy; accountability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H42 H52 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-09
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