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Title: Who Chooses Which Private Education? Theory and International Evidence

Author(s): Giuseppe Bertola and Daniele Checchi

Publication Date: June 2013

Keyword(s): educational background, PISA survey, private education and talent

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: Private school students do not always perform better in standardized tests. We suggest that this may be explained by choice of private schooling by less capable students in countries where government schools are better suited to talented students. To assess the empirical relevance of this mechanism, we exploit cross-country variation in the PISA 2009 survey of differences between private and state school regarding organizational features that are differently suitable for students with different learning ability. We seek and find evidence of this mechanism?s empirical relevance in controlled regressions that treat within-country variation of PISA scores as an indicator of unobserved ability to learn.

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Bertola, G and Checchi, D. 2013. 'Who Chooses Which Private Education? Theory and International Evidence'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=9513