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- Title
Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: the Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia After Three Years.
- Authors
Romero, Mauricio; Sandefur, Justin
- Abstract
Outsourcing the management of ninety-three randomly-selected government primary schools in Liberia to eight private operators led to learning gains of 0.18 |$\sigma$| after one year, but these effects plateaued in subsequent years (reaching 0.2 |$\sigma$| after three years). Beyond learning gains, the programme reduced corporal punishment (by 4.6 percentage points from a base of 51%), but increased dropout (by 3.3 percentage points from a base of 15%) and failed to reduce sexual abuse. Despite facing similar contracts and settings, some providers produced uniformly positive results, while others presented trade-offs between learning gains, access to education, child safety, and financial sustainability.
- Subjects
LIBERIA; CONTRACTING out; OUTSOURCING management; SEX crimes; RIGHT to education; LEARNING
- Publication
Economic Journal, 2022, Vol 132, Issue 644, p1600
- ISSN
0013-0133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ej/ueab087