论文标题：The Market-Level Effects of Charter Schools on Student Outcomes: A National Analysis of School Districts

发表时间：2023年10月接收录用

论文所有作者：Feng Chen, Douglas N. Harris

期刊名及所属分类：Journal of Public Economics, SSCI, 公共经济学顶级期刊，

辽宁大学“双一流”建设学科英文A类期刊

英文摘要：We study the total, market-level effects of charter schools, and their mechanisms, on a national level and across multiple outcomes. Using a generalized difference-in-differences method, we find that increasing the charter market share by 10 percentage points increases math and ELA elementary/middle test scores of the entire geographic district in which they locate by 0.01 standard deviations and increases the high school graduation rate by 1-2 percentage points. The effects are concentrated in larger, urban districts. The main mechanism appears to be the participant effect; competitive effects are increasing in the participant effect; and the overall competitive effects are driven partly by the closure of low-performing traditional public schools. Causal interpretation of these findings is reinforced by analysis of potential endogeneity of charter school location and timing using placebo analysis and other methods. This study improves understanding of the array of charter mechanisms and their effects on multiple outcomes, on a national basis.