Data and Code for: Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) David Figlio, University of Rochester; Cassandra Hart, University of California-Davis; Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University

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Project Citation:

Figlio, David, Hart, Cassandra , and Karbownik, Krzysztof. Data and Code for: Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-02-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E171381V1

Project Description

Summary: Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging a student fixed effects design, we explore how a Florida private school choice program affected public school students’ outcomes as the program matured and scaled up. We observe growing benefits (higher standardized test scores and lower absenteeism and suspension rates) to students attending public schools with more pre-program private school options as the program matured. Effects are particularly pronounced for lower-income students, but results are positive for more affluent students as well. Local and district-wide private school competition are both independently related to student outcomes.

Funding Sources: Shelter Hill Foundation; National Science Foundation; National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development; Institute of Education Sciences; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Education; school choice; private schools; school vouchers; competition

JEL Classification:
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      I28 Education: Government Policy

Geographic Coverage: State of Florida

Time Period(s): 1998 – 2018

Universe: Students born in Florida and attending Florida public schools

Data Type(s): administrative records data; aggregate data; geographic information system (GIS) data; program source code

Methodology

Data Source: Posted data are publicly available. The project also uses confidential data which cannot be posted online. For these data we provide application information as well as detailed .do and .log files.

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