Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289941 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-01470
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper studies school choice and information in the context of education markets in rural Haiti. Using a market level randomized control trial, we evaluate the aggregate effect of providing test score information on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment. After the intervention, we find that private schools have higher test scores, with an average increase of 0.3 standard deviations in treated markets. However, we are unable to detect significant changes to prices and market shares. These findings suggest that providing information in poor education markets can improve market efficiency and benefit children's welfare.
Subjects: 
private schooling
information asymmetries
school choice
economic development
Haiti
JEL: 
I20
I21
I22
I24
I25
I28
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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