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THE ESTIMATED EFFECT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLING ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES USING PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
Author(s) -
Nguyen Anh Ngoc,
Taylor Jim,
Bradley Steve
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
bulletin of economic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8586
pISSN - 0307-3378
DOI - 10.1111/j.0307-3378.2006.00245.x
Subject(s) - propensity score matching , graduation (instrument) , selection bias , matching (statistics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , test (biology) , reading (process) , significant difference , difference in differences , demographic economics , test score , average treatment effect , treatment and control groups , psychology , demography , longitudinal study , longitudinal data , econometrics , mathematics education , statistics , economics , mathematics , political science , sociology , standardized test , computer science , biology , paleontology , geometry , artificial intelligence , law
This paper examines the effect of attending a Catholic high school on educational outcomes. The statistical analysis is based on data obtained from the US National Educational Longitudinal Study. Using propensity score matching methods to control for selection bias, we find that Catholic schooling improves maths test scores, with stronger effects for males than for females, but appears to have little effect (if any) on reading scores. Catholic schooling also raises high school graduation rates and substantially increases the likelihood of enrolment in a 4‐year college. Use of the difference‐in‐difference method suggests that the effect of Catholic schooling on changes in maths scores is more muted, though still statistically significant.