Why does private school enrollment grow? Evidence from Argentina

During the second half of the twentieth century, a process of privatization took place in the Argentine education system. This paper seeks to explain the growth of private enrollments in Argentina over the last years. Drawing on the concept of quasi-monopoly, we run a random-effects estimation on pa...

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Autores: Narodowski, Mariano, Moschetti, Mauro Carlos|||0000-0002-0162-6860
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:169534
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/169534
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/2331186X.2015.1077604
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Private education
Privatization
Enrollment
Funding
Argentina
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Sumario:During the second half of the twentieth century, a process of privatization took place in the Argentine education system. This paper seeks to explain the growth of private enrollments in Argentina over the last years. Drawing on the concept of quasi-monopoly, we run a random-effects estimation on panel data to analyze the determinants of the complex (and dynamic) equilibrium between public and private education supply. It is observed that the behavior of both sectors is explained by (1) the incorporation of new students to the education system, (2) the State action regulating and financing, and (3) the general socioeconomic conditions.