Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91572 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. W12/08
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
Despite the rapid expansion and increasing importance of private education in developing countries, very little is known about the impact of studying in private schools on educational attainment and wages. This paper contributes to filling this gap by estimating the returns to private high schools in Mexico. We construct a unique dataset that combines labor market outcomes and historical school census data, and we exploit changes in the availability and size of public and private high schools across states and over time for identification. We find substantial evidence of a positive effect of studying in a private high school on wages after college graduation, and we discuss alternative mechanisms that can explain this finding.
Subjects: 
Private and Public Schools
Returns to Education
Mexico
JEL: 
J31
J24
C36
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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