Competition and educational quality: evidence from the Netherlands

Little evidence is available for the effect of competition on educational quality as only a few countries allow large-scale competition. In the Netherlands, free parental choice has been present since the beginning of the twentieth century and can be characterized as a full voucher program with 100 % funding. Based on micro panel data for the Netherlands, we show that there is a relation between competition and educational outcomes in secondary education, but that it is often negative and small, sometimes insignificant but never positive. This effect is larger for small and medium-sized school... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Gradus, R.H.J.M.
Dijkgraaf, E.
de Jong, M.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Reihe/Periodikum: Gradus , R H J M , Dijkgraaf , E & de Jong , M 2013 , ' Competition and educational quality: evidence from the Netherlands ' , Empirica , vol. 40 , no. 4 , pp. 607-634 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10663-012-9195-6
Schlagwörter: /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education / name=SDG 4 - Quality Education
Sprache: Englisch
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Little evidence is available for the effect of competition on educational quality as only a few countries allow large-scale competition. In the Netherlands, free parental choice has been present since the beginning of the twentieth century and can be characterized as a full voucher program with 100 % funding. Based on micro panel data for the Netherlands, we show that there is a relation between competition and educational outcomes in secondary education, but that it is often negative and small, sometimes insignificant but never positive. This effect is larger for small and medium-sized schools and for schools that do not have a Protestant or Catholic denomination. © 2012 The Author(s).