Private School Location and Neighborhood Characteristics
Private School Location and Neighborhood Characteristics
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私立学校位置和社区特征
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.367202
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2001
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Lisa Barrow
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作者：
Lisa Barrow
在本文中，我研究了私立学校位置与当地公立学校和社区特征之间的关系。使用伊利诺伊州的数据，我发现 1998 年私立学校的数量与公立学校三年级平均班级人数、受过大学教育的人口百分比以及 55 岁以上人口的百分比之间存在统计上显着的正相关关系。此外，我发现私立学校数量与平均家庭收入和种族集中度指数之间存在显着的负相关关系。从私立学校入学人数来看，学龄人口增幅较大的地区平均入学人数较少，而收入差距扩大的地区入学人数较多。考虑到这些结果，人们可以思考即使获得教育券，儿童进入私立学校的机会可能会有所不同。虽然数据中没有观察到学券的引入，但种族和收入异质性结果表明，如果有机会使用学校学券，生活在更加多元化社区的儿童更有可能进入私立学校。
In this paper, I examine the relationship between private school location and the local public school and neighborhood characteristics. Using data from Illinois, I find statistically significant positive relationships between the number of private schools in 1998 and average 3rd grade class size in the public schools, the percent of the population that is college educated and the percent of persons over 55 years of age. In addition, I find significant negative relationships between private school counts and average household income and an index of racial concentration. Looking at counts of private school entry, areas with larger increases in the school-aged population had less entry on average while areas with increasing income dispersion experienced greater entry. Considering these results, one can think about how access to private schools may differ across children even when granted educational vouchers. While the introduction of vouchers is not observed in the data, the race and income heterogeneity results suggest that children living in more diverse communities are more likely to have ready access to private schools if given the opportunity to use a school voucher.