Replication data for: Long-Term Educational Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Joshua Angrist; Eric Bettinger; Michael Kremer

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Project Citation: 

Angrist, Joshua, Bettinger, Eric, and Kremer, Michael. Replication data for: Long-Term Educational Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116225V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Colombia's PACES program provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that covered the cost of private secondary school. The vouchers were renewable annually conditional on adequate academic progress. Since many vouchers were assigned by lottery, program effects can reliably be assessed by comparing lottery winners and losers. Estimates using administrative records suggest the PACES program increases secondary school completion rates by 15 to 20 percent. Correcting for the greater percentage of lottery winners taking college admissions tests, the program increased test scores by two-tenths of a standard deviation in the distribution of potential test scores. (JEL: I21, J12, I28)

Scope of Project

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      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration


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