RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effectiveness of Catholic Primary Schooling
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 928
OP 941
DO 10.3368/jhr.XXXVIII.4.928
VO XXXVIII
IS 4
A1 Christopher Jepsen
YR 2003
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXVIII/4/928.abstract
AB Although extensive research has compared Catholic and public high schools, little is known about Catholic primary schools. Using unique data for two cohorts of primary school students, I find that Catholic schooling does not have a significant effect on mathematics and reading test scores. These findings do not change when school level test scores from the first-grade cohort are used to account for selection bias in the fourth-grade cohort. In fourth grade, Catholic schooling is associated with marginally fewer student absences than is public schooling.