【主题】Targeted Incentives for Charter Schools to Expand Capacity: a Dynamic Analysis
【报告人】李法强（博士生，美国宾州州立大学）
【时间】2023年12月7日周四14:00-15:30
【地点】高等研究院楼232会议室
【语言】英文
【摘要】The central question of the policy debate on public education is how to get more for less. Charter schools have been a tool in this arena to pressure traditional public schools to improve or lose students to them. Moreover, charter schools designated as “High-performing” have recently been allowed to expand capacity at will in Florida, while the remainder need to request for such permission. I leverage this policy reform and evaluate its influence on education access and quality. I develop and estimate a tractable dynamic model that highlights both the (costly) adjustment of schools’ capacity and their “effort” to improve quality, as well as their dynamic response to competitive pressure. I find evidence that obtaining “High-performing” designation reduces adjustment costs of capacity, which is valuable to charter schools. More importantly, such charter schools exert pressure on traditional public schools nearby. Through simulation exercises, I show that targeting value-added, not just performance level, would improve the mean performance of the entire education sector and enhance equity of access.
【报告人简介】李法强，男，美国宾州州立大学在读博士。主要研究方向为公共经济学、产业组织、应用微观、教育经济学。
