Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands
One of the key features of the Dutch education system is freedom of education – freedom to establish schools and organize teaching. Almost 70% of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools are government funded equally. This allows school choice. Using an i...
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okr-10986-132712021-04-23T14:03:07Z Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands Patrinos, Harry Anthony school choice vouchers education human capital One of the key features of the Dutch education system is freedom of education – freedom to establish schools and organize teaching. Almost 70% of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools are government funded equally. This allows school choice. Using an instrument to identify private school attendance, it is shown that the Dutch system promotes academic performance. The instrumental variable results show that private school attendance is associated with higher test scores. Private school size effects on math, reading, and science achievement are 0.19, 0.31, and 0.21, respectively. 2013-04-25T17:28:11Z 2013-04-25T17:28:11Z 2011-06-17 Journal Article Education Economics 0964-5292 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13271 en_US Education Economics;forthcoming 2013 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article Netherlands Netherlands |
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One of the key features of the Dutch education system is freedom of education – freedom to establish schools and organize teaching. Almost 70% of schools in the Netherlands are administered by private school boards, and all schools are government funded equally. This allows school choice. Using an instrument to identify private school attendance, it is shown that the Dutch system promotes academic performance. The instrumental variable results show that private school attendance is associated with higher test scores. Private school size effects on math, reading, and science achievement are 0.19, 0.31, and 0.21, respectively. |
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Patrinos, Harry Anthony |
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Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands |
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Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands |
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Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands |
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Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands |
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Private Education Provision and Public Finance : The Netherlands |
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private education provision and public finance : the netherlands |
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