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School Vouchers Italian Style

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Brunello, Giorgio (University of Padua, CESifo and IZA Bonn)
Checchi, Daniele () (University of Milan and IZA Bonn)

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School vouchers introduced recently in some Italian regions have lowered the cost of private schools. On one side, we provide evidence that Italian private schools may be selected for different reasons than quality considerations. On the other side, by exploiting individual data on voucher applicants, we present evidence that the percentage of voucher applicants is higher the higher the average quality of private schools, which we explain with the fact that better quality schools provide better services to students, including information and consulting on vouchers. We show that enrolment in private schools responds sluggishly to changes in tuition induced by vouchers. Under stringent assumptions, we estimate the slopes of demand and supply of private education in the largest Italian region, Lombardy, during the first two years since implementation of a voucher scheme, and provide a quantitative assessment of the long-term impact of vouchers on tuition fees and enrolment in private schools.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 1475.

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Keywords: school vouchers; Italy;

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I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance

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  1. Cecilia Elena Rouse, 1998. "Private School Vouchers And Student Achievement: An Evaluation Of The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 113(2), pages 553-602, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Brunello, Giorgio & Rocco, Lorenzo, 2004. "Diploma No Problem: Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?," IZA Discussion Papers 1336, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  3. Lorenzo Cappellari, 2004. "High school types, academic performance and early labour market outcomes," CHILD Working Papers wp03_04, CHILD - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics - ITALY. [Downloadable!]
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  4. De Fraja, Gianni, 2002. "The Design of Optimal Education Policies," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 69(2), pages 437-66, April.
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  5. Epple, Dennis & Romano, Richard E, 1998. "Competition between Private and Public Schools, Vouchers, and Peer-Group Effects," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 88(1), pages 33-62, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Daniele Checchi & Giuseppe Bertola, 2001. "Sorting and private education in Italy," Departemental Working Papers 2001-21, Department of Economics University of Milan Italy. [Downloadable!]
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