The Economics of Education, 2nd Edition

Chapter 37

The economics of catholic schools

W. Sander ^a , and D. Cohen-Zada ^{b       a} DePaul University, Chicago, IL, United States      ^b Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Abstract

This article examines Catholic schooling in the United States. The article is organized as follows. First, an overview of Catholic schooling in the United States is given. Second, the determinants of the demand for Catholic schools are reviewed. Third, literature on the effects of Catholic schooling is presented. Although the focus of this article is on Catholic schooling in the United States, some attention is also given to Catholic schooling in other countries.

Keywords

Educational attainment; Error term; Exogenous variable; Instrumental ...