Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series
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@MISC{Chingos_programon,
author = {Matthew M. Chingos and Paul E. Peterson},
title = {Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series},
year = {}
}
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www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg We provide the first experimental estimates of the long-term impacts of a voucher to attend private school by linking data from a privately sponsored voucher initiative in New York City, which awarded the scholarships by lottery to low-income families, to administrative records on college enrollment and degree attainment. We find no significant effects on college enrollment or four-year degree attainment of the offer of a voucher. However, we find substantial, marginally significant impacts for minority students and large, significant impacts for the children of women born in the United States. Negative point estimates for the children of non-minority and foreign-born mothers are not statistically significant at conventional levels. The information needed to match students to administrative data on postsecondary outcomes was available for 99 percent of the sample. We find evidence of substantial bias due to attrition in the original evaluation, which relied on data collected at follow-up sessions.
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governance working paper series education policy significant impact college enrollment negative point estimate administrative data administrative record follow-up session first experimental estimate new york city postsecondary outcome substantial bias minority student four-year degree attainment united state original evaluation low-income family long-term impact significant effect private school foreign-born mother conventional level degree attainment edu pepg
