Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295796 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16773
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging three alternative identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students remaining in traditional public schools (TPS). We consistently find that competition stemming from the opening of new charter schools improves reading—but not math—performance and it also decreases absenteeism of students who remain in the TPS. Results are modest in magnitude.
Subjects: 
school choice
charter schools
competitive effects
student achievement
JEL: 
H75
I21
I22
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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