| Title: |
Supply-Side Responses in School Choice. Program on Education Policy and Governance Conference Papers Series. PEPG 25-19 |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Chandon Adger; Brianna Felegi; Harvard University, Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) |
| Source: |
Program on Education Policy and Governance. 2025. |
| Availability: |
Program on Education Policy and Governance. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Taubman 304, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-495-7976; Fax: 617-496-4428; e-mail: pepg@fas.harvard.edu; Web site: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/taubman/programs-research/pepg |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
76 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Document Type: |
Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
School Choice; Scholarships; Public Schools; Private Schools; Competition; Educational Vouchers; Educational Quality; Low Income Students; Program Implementation; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Income; Middle Class; Educational Change; Educational Improvement |
| Geographic Terms: |
Indiana |
| Abstract: |
This paper examines the competitive effects of the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program on public and participating private schools. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that high exposure public schools witnessed increases in quality, driven by improvements in math. Initially poor performing public schools drive our results, suggesting that the public school quality gap shrank because of the program. Average quality at participating private schools fell following the program's adoption. We also present suggestive evidence that high exposure participating private schools saw larger declines in quality. Policymakers should consider these indirect effects to understand vouchers' total impact on educational outcomes. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2025 |
| Accession Number: |
ED677327 |
| Database: |
ERIC |