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School Choice and the Benefits of Competition: Evidence from Ontario

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David Card (UC Berkeley)
Martin Dooley (McMaster University)
A. Abigail Payne (McMaster University)

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Is there competition between publicly funded Catholic and public schools for students in Ontario? And, if so, does competition improve education quality?

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Article provided by C.D. Howe Institute in its journal C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder.

Volume (Year): (2008)
Issue (Month): 115 (October)
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Keywords: public services; public school system; separate school system; Ontario school boards;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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  1. Evelyn L. Lehrer, 2005. "Young Women's Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of High School Completion," IZA Discussion Papers 1818, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  2. Caroline Minter Hoxby, 1994. "Do Private Schools Provide Competition for Public Schools?," NBER Working Papers 4978, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. David Card & Martin Dooley & Abigail Payne, 2008. "School Competition and Efficiency with Publicly Funded Catholic Schools," NBER Working Papers 14176, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Frank Milne, 2008. "Anatomy of the Credit Crisis: The role of Faulty Risk Management Systems," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 269, July. [Downloadable!]
  5. Christopher Jepsen, 2003. "The Effectiveness of Catholic Primary Schooling," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 38(4). [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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