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On the Quality of Private and Public Education: the Case of Chile

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  • Juan-Pedro Garces

    (University of Connecticut)

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In this essay, we intend to measure the contribution of different factors within the educational system that affect the quality of education. The purpose is to compare, in a completely dispassionate way, the academic achievements of public and private schools (mainly at the secondary level) in one country: Chile. We take Chile because it has the most extensive (voucher-type) program for subsidizing private education and because it has a fairly wide and accessible amount of data. Amongst other factors, we study the influence of the public/private divide, the socio-economic level of the students and the pupil/teacher ratio. The quality of education is measured by the performance of students in standardized national tests administered to all schools in Chile.

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  • Juan-Pedro Garces, 2009. "On the Quality of Private and Public Education: the Case of Chile," Working papers 2009-22, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:uct:uconnp:2009-22
    Note: The author is very grateful to all of those who provided him with useful advice and comments; in particular, Susan Randolph, Samson Kimenyi and Francis Ahking.
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    1. Juan-Pedro GARCES-VOISENAT, 2016. "Equality of Opportunity in Education: A Case Study of Chile and Norway," Journal of Economics and Political Economy, KSP Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 142-150, March.

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    Keywords

    education; development;

    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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