Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/103508 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8471
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines critically the presumption that, other things equal, private schooling offers higher quality education than public schooling. We apply multilevel regression on the 2009 PISA to estimate the differential effect of public and private schooling on student scores in Australia. We control for observable and unobservable influences, at school and student levels. We find that public-private schooling quality estimated differences are not statistically significant, but Catholic schools perform better than both. Differences by sector in the level of resourcing, plays a minor role. Student socioeconomic status differences and resulting selection, drive the observed better private schooling scores outcomes.
Subjects: 
PISA
government schools
school quality
multilevel modelling
JEL: 
I24
I21
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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