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More Harm than Good? Sorting Effects in a Compensatory Education Program

Laurent Davezies and Manon Garrouste
Published online before print July 09, 2018, 0416-7839R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.1.0416-7839R1
Laurent Davezies
Laurent Davezies is a researcher at Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST). Manon Garrouste is an assistant professor at University of Lille, LEM–CNRS (UMR 9221)
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Laurent Davezies is a researcher at Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST). Manon Garrouste is an assistant professor at University of Lille, LEM–CNRS (UMR 9221)
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Abstract

We provide evidence that school-based compensatory education policies create sorting effects, by analyzing a French program, which targeted low-achieving and socially disadvantaged junior high schools. We use geocoded original data and a regression discontinuity framework to show that the program decreases the individual probability to attend a treated school and symmetrically increases the probability to attend a private school. The effects are driven by pupils from high socioeconomic backgrounds, resulting in an increase in social segregation across schools.

  • Education
  • Education Policy
  • Sorting
  • Treatment Effect Model
  • Regression Discontinuity
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  • I28
  • C21

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Laurent Davezies, Manon Garrouste
Journal of Human Resources Jul 2018, 0416-7839R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.55.1.0416-7839R1

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More Harm than Good? Sorting Effects in a Compensatory Education Program
Laurent Davezies, Manon Garrouste
Journal of Human Resources Jul 2018, 0416-7839R1; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.55.1.0416-7839R1
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