Carneiro, Pedro;
Das, Jishnu;
Reis, Hugo;
(2022)
The Value of Private Schools: Evidence from Pakistan.
The Review of Economics and Statistics
pp. 1-45.
10.1162/rest_a_01237.
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Abstract
Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education markets with significant choice among public and private schools. Families are willing to pay substantially for reductions in distance to school, but in contrast, price elasticities are low. Using the demand estimates, we show that the existence of a low fee private school market is of great value for households in our sample, reaching 2% to 7% of annual per capita expenditure for those choosing private schools.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Value of Private Schools: Evidence from Pakistan |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1162/rest_a_01237 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01237 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Differentiated Goods, Demand, Education, School Choice, Pakistan |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148912 |
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