Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
No 2003:2:
Does School Competition Matter? Effects of a Large-Scale School Choice Reform on Student Performance
Åsa Ahlin
Abstract: The effect of a general school choice reform on student
performance is studied in a Swedish institutional setting. A rich set of
individual level data allows estimation of a value added specification,
mitigating problems with omission of relevant variables. Increased school
competition is shown to have statistically significant positive effects on
student performance in mathematics, but no significant effects in English
and Swedish. Interacting school competition with student characteristics,
the results indicate that immigrant students and those in need of special
education tend to gain more from increased school competition than others,
while adverse effects on students from low education families are found in
terms of English and Swedish performance. However, quantile regressions
indicate homogeneous effects on low and high performing students.
Keywords: Private school competition; school choice; student performance; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: H42; H52; I28; L19; (follow links to similar papers)
36 pages, January 7, 2003
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