TY - UNPB

T1 - The estimated effect of Catholic schooling on educational outcomes using propensity score matching

AU - Nguyen, A N

AU - Taylor, J

AU - Bradley, S

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - Attendance at Catholic high schools is estimated to improve math test scores and to increase high school graduation rates and enrolment in 4-year college. Propensity score matching methods are used to obtain these estimated effects, based on data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study. Since selection into Catholic schools is non-random, matching methods help to overcome the problem of choosing instruments for identifying the Catholic school effect on educational outcomes. The difference-in-differences approach is used on test score data in order to control for fixed unobservable influences on outcomes.

AB - Attendance at Catholic high schools is estimated to improve math test scores and to increase high school graduation rates and enrolment in 4-year college. Propensity score matching methods are used to obtain these estimated effects, based on data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study. Since selection into Catholic schools is non-random, matching methods help to overcome the problem of choosing instruments for identifying the Catholic school effect on educational outcomes. The difference-in-differences approach is used on test score data in order to control for fixed unobservable influences on outcomes.

M3 - Working paper

T3 - Economics Working Paper Series

BT - The estimated effect of Catholic schooling on educational outcomes using propensity score matching

PB - The Department of Economics

CY - Lancaster University

ER -