School Vouchers
A Critical View
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4029607 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen F Ladd (Duke University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 3-24 |
| Publication date | 2002-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/089533002320950957 |
| OpenAlex | W2143879607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 51 |
| References cited | 26 |
This paper marshals available evidence from both the U.S. and other countries on the effects of private schools, peer effects, and competition to demonstrate that that any gains in overall student achievement from a large scale voucher program are at best likely to be small. Moreover, given the tendency of parents to judge schools in part by the characteristics of a school's students, a universal voucher system would undoubtedly harm large numbers of disadvantaged students. Although the case for a small means tested voucher program is somewhat stronger, it will do little to improve education for low-performing students
Demographic economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Harm · Peer effects · Political science · Public economics · School choice · Voucher · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Are equity and efficiency irreconcilable goals in education
La elección de escuela en sectores pobres
Choice and competition in education
The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education
The Economics of Education
Equity and Inclusion in Education
The effects of generalized school choice on achievement and stratification
Privatschulen Versus Staatliche Schulen
Freie Schulwahl und Bildungsgerechtigkeit
Incentives, Choice, and Accountability in the Provision of Public Services
Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School’
Studiengeb hren in Deutschland
Alianzas público privadas en los servicios educativos en Colombia
Are Broad-Based Vouchers an Effective Way to Support Life-Long Learning? Evidence from an Australian Reform
Smartphone use and academic performance
The attraction of magnet schools
School choice and parents’ preferences for school attributes in Chile
What Drives Coalitions' Narrative Strategy? Exploring Policy Narratives around School Choice
Are the school choices of indigenous students affected by discrimination? Evidence from Chile
Bringing the schools back in
Education markets and school segregation
Endogenous determination of public budget allocation across education stages
Modeling health insurance expansions
Dynamic selection effects in means‐tested, urban school voucher programs
Do Government Tools Influence Organizational Performance
Guaranteeing Desirable Futures
International Evidence on School Competition, Autonomy, and Accountability
Ségrégation urbaine et choix du collège
How to Improve the Outcome of State Welfare Services. Governance in A Systems-Theoretical Perspective
Choice and competition in education
The Validity of Subjective Performance Measures
School competition and students’ entrepreneurial intentions
School‐based management and citizen participation
Choosing for quality or inequality
The Potential Impact of Vouchers
The Impact of School Choice in England
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia
Two Models of Teacher Accountability
The religious factor in private education
School Choice
Allocating Pupils to Their Nearest Secondary School
Estimating the Cream Skimming Effect of School Choice
How Free Market Logic Fails in Schooling—And What It Means for the Role of Government
The Efficacy of Choice Threats within School Accountability Systems
Private Schools and the Parents that Choose Them
Data Don't Matter? Academic Research and School Choice
Independent School Rhetoric and its Role in the Neoliberal Construction of Whiteness
Eight Questions about Corruption
Employment and Earnings Effects of Awarding Training Vouchers in Germany
The Geographies of Education and Relationships in a Multicultural City
Switching Social Contexts
The Market Approach to Education
The Education Gap
Finishing High School and Starting College
Do Better Schools Matter? Parental Valuation of Elementary Education
Private School Vouchers and Student Achievement
Disruption versus Tiebout improvement
Peer Effects in the Classroom
Does Competition Among Public Schools Benefit Students and Taxpayers?
The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Private Schools in Chile's Voucher System
The Effects of Catholic Secondary Schooling on Educational Achievement
Equality of educational opportunity
Mobility, Targeting, and Private-School Vouchers
Modeling health insurance expansions
The uneven playing field of school choice
Peer effects in private and public schools across countries
Educational vouchers
The religious factor in private education
Subverting Swann
Social Class Segregation and Its Relationship to Pupils' Examination Results in Scotland
| Unique citing works | 51 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,22 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |