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Competition and educational quality: evidence from the Netherlands |
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| Authors: | Elbert Dijkgraaf Raymond H J M Gradus J Matthijs de Jong |
| Institution: | 1. Erasmus School of Economics, Tinbergen Institute, Room H 8-21, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2. Research Institute for the CDA and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Room 1E-66, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3. SEOR and Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Room H 7-25, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | Little evidence is available for the effect of competition on educational quality as only a few countries allow large-scale competition. In the Netherlands, free parental choice has been present since the beginning of the twentieth century and can be characterized as a full voucher program with 100 % funding. Based on micro panel data for the Netherlands, we show that there is a relation between competition and educational outcomes in secondary education, but that it is often negative and small, sometimes insignificant but never positive. This effect is larger for small and medium-sized schools and for schools that do not have a Protestant or Catholic denomination. |
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