Data and Code for: The Effect of Charter School Openings on Traditional Public Schools in Massachusetts and North Carolina

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Kirsten Slungaard Mumma, Harvard University

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Project Citation:

Slungaard Mumma, Kirsten. Data and Code for: The Effect of Charter School Openings on Traditional Public Schools in Massachusetts and North Carolina. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-04-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E134341V1

Project Description

Summary: The rapid expansion of charter schools has fueled concerns about their impact on traditional public schools. I estimate the effect of charter openings on traditional public schools in Massachusetts and North Carolina by comparing schools near actual charter sites to those near proposed sites that were never occupied. I find charter openings reduced public school enrollment by around 5 percent and reduced white enrollment in North Carolina. I find no impact on student achievement and my 95 % confidence intervals rule out effects larger than +/- 0.05 standard deviations. I find no effects on attendance or suspensions.

Funding Sources: United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences (R305B150010)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Charter Schools; School Choice ; Competition

JEL Classification:
I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
I21 Analysis of Education

Time Period(s): 1995 – 2016

Data Type(s): administrative records data; program source code

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V1 [2022-04-22]

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