TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fagernäs, Sonja
AU  - Stevens, Diego de la Fuente
AU  - Pelkonen, Panu
AU  - Segura, Juan Manuel del Pozo
        TI  - Public Gains, Private Strains: Public Investment and Private Schooling in Peru
        PY  - 2025/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18189
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18189
        AB  - In the 2010s, Peru experienced an increase in public educational investment, a substantial improvement in public school learning outcomes, and an erosion in the private sector learning premium. We use longitudinal, geo-coded register data on primary schools and pupils in urban areas to study how the improvement in public schooling affected private schools. With a difference in differences (DiD) framework, we demonstrate that the increase in public school quality reduced enrolment and test scores in private schools, primarily in areas with lower education levels. A staggered DiD analysis shows that new public school openings also reduced enrolment in nearby private schools.
        KW  - education policy
KW  - school quality
KW  - school competition
KW  - Latin America
        ER  -