RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 How can progressive vouchers help the poor benefit from school choice? Evidence from the Chilean voucher system JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 0318-9386R2 DO 10.3368/jhr.57.3.0318-9386R2 A1 Aguirre, Josefa YR 2020 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2020/04/03/jhr.57.3.0318-9386R2.abstract AB This paper considers a major educational reform in Chile that increased vouchers by 50% for students in the lowest 40% of the income distribution. This increased the revenues schools received for these students and lowered the relative prices of private voucher schools for eligible parents. I use a national dataset to implement an RDD exploiting that eligibility is a discontinuous function of a socioeconomic ranking. Results reject that eligible students chose schools with higher test scores or socioeconomic status, and that they are doing better than noneligible students in math and language test scores.