The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools

In 1999 the city of Bogota, Colombia launched the concession school program designed to broaden the coverage and quality of basic education. It consists of a contract between a group of private schools and the public educational system such that pr...

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Main Author: Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7348383/impact-private-provision-public-education-empirical-evidence-bogotas-concession-schools
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spelling okr-10986-71532021-04-23T14:02:32Z The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools Barrera-Osorio, Felipe ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC EDUCATION ADULT EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION BETTER LEARNING CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS COUNSELING DROPOUT RATE DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION OF TEACHERS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ELEMENTS ENROLLMENT EXAM FUTURE RESEARCH GRADE LEVELS GRADUATE STUDIES HEADMASTERS HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER GRADE HIGHER GRADES HIGHER TEST SCORES HOME VISITS INTERVENTIONS LEARNING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIBRARIES LITERATURE LOW-INCOME STUDENTS MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUTRITION PAPERS PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING RESEARCHERS RETENTION RATE SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL PLACES SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL QUALITY VARIABLES SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL TYPES SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SPORTS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENTS PER TEACHER SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING STAFF TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEST SCORES TYPES OF SCHOOLS VOUCHERS WORKERS In 1999 the city of Bogota, Colombia launched the concession school program designed to broaden the coverage and quality of basic education. It consists of a contract between a group of private schools and the public educational system such that private agents provide education for low-income students. This paper tests three main hypotheses concerning the impact of concessions on the quality of education: first, dropout rates are lower in concession schools than in similar public schools; second, other public schools nearby the concession schools have lower dropout rates in comparison with other public schools outside the area of influence; and third, test scores from concession schools are higher than scores in similar public schools. The paper presents evidence in favor of the three hypotheses using propensity score and matching estimators. 2012-06-05T18:37:04Z 2012-06-05T18:37:04Z 2007-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7348383/impact-private-provision-public-education-empirical-evidence-bogotas-concession-schools http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7153 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4121 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
ADULT EDUCATION
BASIC EDUCATION
BETTER LEARNING
CLASS SIZE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS
COUNSELING
DROPOUT RATE
DROPOUT RATES
EDUCATION OF TEACHERS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT
EXAM
FUTURE RESEARCH
GRADE LEVELS
GRADUATE STUDIES
HEADMASTERS
HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER GRADE
HIGHER GRADES
HIGHER TEST SCORES
HOME VISITS
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LET
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIBRARIES
LITERATURE
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
MATHEMATICS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NUMBER OF PUPILS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
NUTRITION
PAPERS
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
READING
RESEARCHERS
RETENTION RATE
SCHOOL DAY
SCHOOL DROPOUT
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SCHOOL PLACES
SCHOOL PROGRAM
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL QUALITY VARIABLES
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SPORTS
STANDARDIZED TESTS
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
STUDENTS PER TEACHER
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING STAFF
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TEST SCORES
TYPES OF SCHOOLS
VOUCHERS
WORKERS
spellingShingle ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
ADULT EDUCATION
BASIC EDUCATION
BETTER LEARNING
CLASS SIZE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS
COUNSELING
DROPOUT RATE
DROPOUT RATES
EDUCATION OF TEACHERS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT
EXAM
FUTURE RESEARCH
GRADE LEVELS
GRADUATE STUDIES
HEADMASTERS
HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER GRADE
HIGHER GRADES
HIGHER TEST SCORES
HOME VISITS
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LET
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIBRARIES
LITERATURE
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
MATHEMATICS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
NUMBER OF PUPILS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
NUTRITION
PAPERS
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
READING
RESEARCHERS
RETENTION RATE
SCHOOL DAY
SCHOOL DROPOUT
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SCHOOL PLACES
SCHOOL PROGRAM
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL QUALITY VARIABLES
SCHOOL SIZE
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SCHOOL TYPES
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SPORTS
STANDARDIZED TESTS
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
STUDENTS PER TEACHER
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING STAFF
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TEST SCORES
TYPES OF SCHOOLS
VOUCHERS
WORKERS
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4121
description In 1999 the city of Bogota, Colombia launched the concession school program designed to broaden the coverage and quality of basic education. It consists of a contract between a group of private schools and the public educational system such that private agents provide education for low-income students. This paper tests three main hypotheses concerning the impact of concessions on the quality of education: first, dropout rates are lower in concession schools than in similar public schools; second, other public schools nearby the concession schools have lower dropout rates in comparison with other public schools outside the area of influence; and third, test scores from concession schools are higher than scores in similar public schools. The paper presents evidence in favor of the three hypotheses using propensity score and matching estimators.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
author_facet Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
author_sort Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
title The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools
title_short The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools
title_full The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools
title_fullStr The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education : Empirical Evidence from Bogotá's Concession Schools
title_sort impact of private provision of public education : empirical evidence from bogotá's concession schools
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7348383/impact-private-provision-public-education-empirical-evidence-bogotas-concession-schools
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7153
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