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School vouchers: recent findings and unanswered questions

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  • Lisa Barrow
  • Cecilia Elena Rouse

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The authors review the existing literature on the impact of school vouchers on student achievement. They conclude that expectations about the ability of vouchers to drastically improve student achievement, at least as measured by test scores, should be tempered by the results of the studies to date. Also, there is very little evidence about the potential for public schools to respond to increased competitive pressure generated by vouchers.

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  • Lisa Barrow & Cecilia Elena Rouse, 2008. "School vouchers: recent findings and unanswered questions," Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, vol. 32(Q III), pages 2-16.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhep:y:2008:i:qiii:p:2-16:n:v.32no.3
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    1. Akyol, Metin, 2016. "Do educational vouchers reduce inequality and inefficiency in education?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 149-167.
    2. Eric Bettinger & Michael Kremer & Maurice Kugler & Carlos Medina & Christian Posso & Juan E. Saavedra, 2019. "School Vouchers, Labor Markets and Vocational Education," Borradores de Economia 1087, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.

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