Preschool education in Brazil : does public supply crowd out private enrollment ? (English)

This paper examines whether an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds out private enrollment. The paper uses rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000 to 2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. The results from a regression-discontinuity design reveal that larger federal transfers lead to a significant expansion of local public preschool services, but show no evidence...

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Bastos,Paulo S. R.;

Straume,Odd Rune;
Document Date
2016/02/22
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7573
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2016/02/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Preschool education in Brazil : does public supply crowd out private enrollment ?
Keywords
private provider

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Bastos,Paulo S. R.; Straume,Odd Rune.

Preschool education in Brazil : does public supply crowd out private enrollment ? (English). Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7573 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/569711467998470215

Preschool education in Brazil : does public supply crowd out private enrollment ? (English)

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