Panel:
Impacts of Private School Choice on Individuals and Societies Around the World
(Education and Employment in a Global Market)
Friday, July 14, 2017: 2:15 PM-3:45 PM
Harmony (Crowne Plaza Brussels - Le Palace)
*Names in bold indicate Presenter
Panel Organizer: Corey A. DeAngelis, University of Arkansas
Although private school choice programs are present in many countries around the world, and are extensive in some European and South American nations, such market-based approaches to the delivery of K-12 education remain controversial. There is a continuing need for reliable empirical evidence on the effects that private school choice initiatives have on students, parents, schools, and the broader community. This panel empirically examines the effects of private schooling and school choice on individual students and societies around the world.
The panel begins by examining the experimental evidence of the impacts of private school voucher programs around the world on student achievement and cost-effectiveness. Then, researchers empirically test ways to improve these individual student results by examining the impacts of regulation on individual schools over time. Finally, two papers estimate the causal impact of fluctuations of private schooling within countries, over time, on important societal outcomes: international standardized test scores and political and economic freedom indices. This panel will provide a robust discussion of the impacts of private school choice programs, and their specific designs, on individuals and societies across the globe.
The panel begins by examining the experimental evidence of the impacts of private school voucher programs around the world on student achievement and cost-effectiveness. Then, researchers empirically test ways to improve these individual student results by examining the impacts of regulation on individual schools over time. Finally, two papers estimate the causal impact of fluctuations of private schooling within countries, over time, on important societal outcomes: international standardized test scores and political and economic freedom indices. This panel will provide a robust discussion of the impacts of private school choice programs, and their specific designs, on individuals and societies across the globe.
