Data and Code for: Heterogeneity in School Value-Added and the Private Premium

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Tahir Andrabi, Pomona; Natalie Bau, UCLA; Jishnu Das, Georgetown; Asim Khwaja, Harvard University

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To view the citation for the overall project, see http://doi.org/10.3886/E208710V2.

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Summary: We estimate and validate test score-based measures of school quality (School Value-Added or SVA) in Pakistan. We document substantial variation in SVA within villages and within the public and private sectors, leading to a wide range of possible estimates of the private premium. We also show that parents value SVA. Heterogeneity in parental demand for quality helps explain both the evolution of the market over time and cross-market variation in school quality. The supply-side responds to parental demand for quality in the private sector, but there is no evidence it does so in the public sector.

Funding Sources: UK Aid

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Subject Terms: school value-added; heterogeneity in school quality; private premium; learning; vouchers; educational markets; school choice

Geographic Coverage: Punjab, Pakistan

Time Period(s): 2002 – 2012

Collection Date(s): 2002 – 2012

Universe: University of schools and subsamples of students and households in 112 randomly chosen villages with at least one private school in 3 districts of Punjab, Pakistan.

Data Type(s): survey data

Collection Notes: These data are continually updated. The most up-to-date public version can be found at https://www.leaps.hks.harvard.edu/data/leaps-longitudinal

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