Benjamin Alcott|Pauline Rose
Does private schooling narrow wealth inequalities in learning outcomes? Evidence from East Africa
University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge
many low lowermiddleincome countries private schools often considered offer better quality education government schools yet lack evidence date role reducing inequalities namely extent private schooling improves learning among disadvantaged children paper uses household survey data kenya tanzania uganda identify whether observed impact private schooling core literacy numeracy skills differs according childrens household wealth demonstrate wealth gaps access private schooling use inferential models account observable differences enrol private schools kenya uganda find private schooling appears improve chances children learning relative peers government schools chances poorest children learning private schools remains low best equivalent richest learning government schools tanzania private schooling seem improve poorer childrens learning whereas richer children findings raise caution extent private provision help narrow learning inequalities