@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12235, author={Tumen, Semih}, title={Refugees and 'Native Flight' from Public to Private Schools}, year={2019}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={12235}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12235}, abstract={Native children switch from public to private primary schools in response to increased refugee concentration in the Turkish public education system. 10 percentage-point increase in refugee-to-population ratio generates, on average, 0.16 percentage-point increase in private primary school enrollment. This roughly corresponds to 1 native child switching to private education for every 31.6 refugee children enrolled in public schools — weaker than the typical estimates in the literature.}, keywords={public vs private primary education;school choice;immigration;refugees}, }