Private versus public schools in post-Apartheid South African cities: theory and policy implications
Selod, Harris and Zenou, Yves (2003) Private versus public schools in post-Apartheid South African cities: theory and policy implications. Journal of Development Economics, 71, (2), 351-394. (doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00033-6).
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Blacks and whites have different incomes, decide where to locate in the city and which school to send their children to. We show that, despite the tuition fees imposed by whites and their remote location, some black pupils attend the private school. This market solution is shown not to be optimal because whites overprice education in order to limit black attendance at the private school. Three types of education policies are then considered: transportation subsidies, private-school vouchers and public-school spending. The efficiency of such policies depends on the fee-setting behavior of whites that strongly varies from one policy to another.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0304-3878 (print) |
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| Keywords: | fees, education externalities, urban segregation, busing, vouchers |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Economics |
| Item ID: | 33405 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 09:00 |
| Contributors: | Selod, Harris (Author) Zenou, Yves (Author) |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | yz@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/33405 |
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