The Economics of Education, 2nd Edition

Chapter 36

School competition and the quality of education

Francesca Foliano ^a , and Olmo Silva ^{b       a} Institute of Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom      ^b Department of Geography and Environment and Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Spurred by mixed evidence on the effectiveness of resource-based interventions (Hanushek, 2003), policy makers around the world have come to promote reforms that aim to improve standards by injecting into the education system elements of school choice and autonomy -- and by promoting competition among schools. In this chapter, we review evidence on the effectiveness of school competition to raise the quality of education ...