The Effect of Private Management of Public Schools on Student Achievement in Bogotá, Colombia

The Effect of Private Management of Public Schools on Student Achievement in Bogotá, Colombia

During the last 15 years, the public school system in Bogotá, Colombia has maintained a concession system in which 25 schools are managed privately with exemptions to many of the rules required in the traditional schools.  This study uses the propensity score matching technique to examine whether st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ángela Rocío López Sánchez, Andrés Felipe Virgüez Clavijo, Jaime Andrés Sarmiento Espinel, Adriana Carolina Silva Arias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad EAFIT 2015-12-01
Series:Ecos de Economía
Subjects:
Concession schools
secondary education
education achievement
propensity score
Online Access:http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/ecos-economia/article/view/3348

Similar Items

Similar Items