Emerging Private Education in Africa: Determinants of School Choice in Rural Kenya

被引：49

作者：

Nishimura, Mikiko ^{[1
]}

Yamano, Takashi ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Int Christian Univ, Tokyo, Japan

[2] Int Rice Res Inst, New Delhi, India

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2013年 / 43卷

关键词：

private education; Free Primary Education; school choice; rural; Kenya; Africa; QUALITY; SKILLS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.001

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

The number of private schools has increased by more than four times since the introduction of the Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in 2003 in Kenya. With the help of panel data obtained from rural Kenya, we observed that the proportion of children attending private primary schools increased from 4.6% in 2004 to 11.5% in 2007. The estimation results suggest that parents react to the quality of public education, as measured by the pupil teacher ratios of public schools, by attending private schools and transferring to different schools. Their reaction also depends on the wealth of households and gender. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：266 / 275

页数：10