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Diploma No Problem: Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?Giorgio BrunelloUniversity of Padua - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Lorenzo RoccoUniversity of Padua; University of Toulouse I October 2004 IZA Discussion Paper No. 1336 Abstract: Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower quality than public schools. Using a stylized model of the education market with sequential entry of a public and a private school, we show that, depending on the underlying parameters of the model, a market structure with the private school offering at a positive price lower quality than the public school can be an equilibrium. The calibrated parameters for Italy suggest the existence of such an equilibrium in the Italian market for education.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 34 Keywords: education, private schools, Italy JEL Classification: H52, H73 working papers seriesDate posted: October 11, 2004Suggested CitationContact Information
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