The value of private schools: evidence from Pakistan

Pedro Carneiro; Jishnu Das; Hugo Reis

doi:10.1162/rest_a_01237

The value of private schools: evidence from Pakistan

Pedro Carneiro
, Jishnu Das
, Hugo Reis

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Abstract

Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education markets with significant choice among public and private schools. Families are willing to pay substantially for reductions in distance to school, but in contrast, price elasticities are low. Using the demand estimates, we show that the existence of a low fee private school market is of great value for households in our sample, reaching 2% to 7% of annual per capita expenditure for those choosing private schools.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1301-1318
Number of pages	18
Journal	Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume	106
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01237
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2024

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Differentiated goods
Demand
Education
School choice
Pakistan

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