Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284123 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CREDIT Research Paper No. 24/01
Publisher: 
The University of Nottingham, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT), Nottingham
Abstract: 
Using longitudinal school data from India, this paper examines enrolment trends of socially disadvantaged children post the Right to Education (RTE) Act, which mandated the reservation of 25% of private school places for such children. Post-RTE, a significant increase is observed in disadvantaged children attending private schools. Difference-in-differences analysis reveals greater increases in schools previously below the 25% quota, especially those participating in the reservation policy. The results are however driven by a 'substitution' of places, where private schools are replacing free places under the policy with fee-paying disadvantaged children.
Subjects: 
Private schools
Disadvantaged groups
Right to Education Act
Reservation policy
JEL: 
I21
I22
I24
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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