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Anand, Priyanka; Mizala, Alejandra; Repetto, Andrea – Economics of Education Review, 2009
This paper estimates the impact of private education on the academic achievement of low-income students in Chile. To deal with selection bias, we use propensity score matching to compare the test scores of reduced-fee paying, low-income students in fee-charging private voucher schools to those of similar students in public schools and free private…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Public Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
Bellei, Cristian – Economics of Education Review, 2009
This study (an impact evaluation of the Chilean full school day program) uses difference-in-differences to estimate the effect of a large increase in instructional time on high school students' academic achievement. The main findings are (i) the program had a positive effect on students' achievement in both mathematics and language; (ii) the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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McEwan, Patrick J. – Economics of Education Review, 2003
Reports estimates of peer effects on student achievement, using a 1997 census of eighth-grade achievement in Chile. The data allow detailed measures of peer characteristics to be constructed for each classroom within a school. Estimates suggest that the classroom mean of mothers' education is an important determinant of individual achievement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Mothers