The collateral effects of private school expansion in a deregulated market: Peru, 1996-2019

José María Rentería (1, 2)

1 UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
2 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne

This paper explores the mid-term effects of the de facto privatization that has taken place in the Peruvian educational system. It exploits exogenous policy shocks as well as two sources of variation, namely the geographical location of the new private schools and the year of birth of individuals. Both variables determine the degree of exposure to the private school expansion process. The results suggest that this phenomenon has contributed neither to increasing access to formal education nor to improving wages in the labor market. This evidence raises concerns about the impact of privatization on the quality of the education system as a whole as well the regulatory role of the State

Mots clés: Private education; school choice

Domaines: Economies et finances

José María Rentería. The collateral effects of private school expansion in a deregulated market: Peru, 1996-2019. 2022. ⟨halshs-03704338⟩