Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87016 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 09-100/3
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Ample evidence is available for the effect of competition on educational quality as only a few countries allow large scale competition. In the Netherlands free parental choice is present since the beginning of the 20th century, which can be characterized as a full voucher program with 100% funding. Based on panel data for the Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and educational outcomes in secondary education, but that it is negative and small. This effect is larger for small and medium sized schools and for schools which do not have a Protestant or Catholic denomination.
Subjects: 
Competition
Private Schools
Scale
Quality
Secondary Education
JEL: 
H70
I20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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