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Determinants of School Choice: Evidence from Rural Punjab, Pakistan

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dc.contributor.author Hamna Ahmed
dc.contributor.author Sahar Amjad Sheikh
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-19T09:59:40Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-19T09:59:40Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06
dc.identifier.citation The Lahore School of Economics, Vol. 19, No. 1 en_US
dc.identifier.issn eISSN 1811-5446
dc.identifier.uri http://121.52.153.179/JOURNAL/Vol
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6108
dc.description PP.30, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract The objective of this study is to understand why parents in rural areas of Punjab, Pakistan, choose to send their children to private schools when free public schools are available. The study utilizes the Privatization in Education Research Initiative (PERI) school choice dataset compiled by the Lahore School of Economics in collaboration with the Punjab Bureau of Statistics. These data provide rich information on parents’ perception of their child’s school relative to alternative schools he or she could have attended. The findings suggest that parents’ perceptions play an important role in school choice. In particular, their perceptions of school quality and employment opportunities emerge as key determinants of private school choice. Additionally, expenditure on and access to private schooling relative to public schooling as well as the socioeconomic status of the household have a significant impact on parents’ probability of choosing a private school for their child. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher © Lahore School of Economics en_US
dc.subject School choice en_US
dc.subject Public vs private en_US
dc.subject Rural Punjab en_US
dc.subject Pakistan en_US
dc.title Determinants of School Choice: Evidence from Rural Punjab, Pakistan en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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