Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan

Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Raju, Dhushyanth

dc.creator	Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
dc.creator	Raju, Dhushyanth
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:50Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:01:50Z
dc.date	2011-04-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:56:07Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:56:07Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110425102033
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3402
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244366
dc.description	This study estimates the causal effects of a public per-student subsidy program targeted at low-cost private schools in Pakistan on student enrollment and schooling inputs. Program entry is ultimately conditional on achieving a minimum stipulated student pass rate (cutoff) in a standardized academic test. This mechanism for treatment assignment allows the application of regression-discontinuity (RD) methods to estimate program impacts at the cutoff. Data on two rounds of entry test takers (phase 3 and phase 4) are used. Modeling the entry process of phase-4 test takers as a sharp RD design, the authors find evidence of large positive impacts on the number of students, teachers, classrooms, and blackboards. Modeling the entry process of phase-3 test takers as a partially-fuzzy RD design given treatment crossovers, they do not find evidence of significant program impacts on outcomes of interest. The latter finding is likely due to weak identification arising from a small jump in the probability of treatment at the cutoff.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5638
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACADEMIC YEAR
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
dc.subject	ADULT LITERACY
dc.subject	ADULT LITERACY RATE
dc.subject	ANNUAL FEES
dc.subject	ASSIGNMENT MECHANISM
dc.subject	AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	BLACKBOARDS
dc.subject	BOARD OF DIRECTORS
dc.subject	CALL
dc.subject	CHILD EDUCATION
dc.subject	CLASSROOM
dc.subject	CLASSROOM RATIO
dc.subject	CLASSROOM SPACE
dc.subject	CLASSROOMS
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
dc.subject	CURRICULUM
dc.subject	EDUCATION GOALS
dc.subject	EDUCATION OUTCOMES
dc.subject	EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	EDUCATION STATISTICS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	ELEMENTS
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT FIGURES
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT GROWTH
dc.subject	ENROLLMENT INCREASES
dc.subject	EQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FEE STRUCTURES
dc.subject	FEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subject	FEMALE STUDENTS
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GLOBAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	HEAD START
dc.subject	HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	LET
dc.subject	LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	LITERATURE
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	MATHEMATICS
dc.subject	MIDDLE SCHOOLS
dc.subject	NATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF STUDENTS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
dc.subject	OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject	PAPERS
dc.subject	PARTICIPATION RATES
dc.subject	PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject	PASS RATE
dc.subject	PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PRIVATE EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject	PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOL
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOLING
dc.subject	PRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOL
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	QUALITY ASSURANCE
dc.subject	QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	REGISTERED SCHOOLS
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
dc.subject	SCHOOL CENSUS
dc.subject	SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL ENTRY
dc.subject	SCHOOL FEES
dc.subject	SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject	SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL RECORDS
dc.subject	SCHOOL SIZE
dc.subject	SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject	SCHOOL TEACHER
dc.subject	SCHOOL TEACHERS
dc.subject	SCHOOL TYPES
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT ENROLLMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	STUDENT SUBSIDY
dc.subject	STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
dc.subject	SUBJECT AREAS
dc.subject	SUBJECTS
dc.subject	TEACHER
dc.subject	TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
dc.subject	TEACHER COMPETENCY
dc.subject	TEACHER CREDENTIALS
dc.subject	TEACHER PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	TEACHER SALARIES
dc.subject	TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.subject	TEACHING TOOLS
dc.subject	TEST ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	TEST SCORES
dc.subject	TUTORING
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	URBAN SCHOOLS
dc.subject	VOUCHERS
dc.title	Evaluating Public Per-Student Subsidies to Low-Cost Private Schools : Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	South Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	Pakistan