Preschool education in Brazil: does public supply crowd out private enrollment?

We examine if an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds-out private enrollment using rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000-2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. Results from a regression-discontinuity design...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bastos, Paulo (author)
Other Authors: Straume, Odd Rune (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25431
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25431