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Fall 2020
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 35, Number 3

Private School Choice and Character: More Evidence from Milwaukee

Corey A. DeAngelis, Reason Foundation
Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise35(3),2020,1348PrivateSchoolChoiceandCharacter:MoreEvidencefromMilwaukeeCoreyA.DeAngelisReasonFoundationPatrickJ.WolfUniversityofArkansas__________________________________________________________AbstractWeexaminetheeffectsofMilwaukeesschoolvoucherprogramonadultcriminalactivityandpaternitysuits.Usingmatchedstudent-leveldata,wefindthatexposuretotheprogramineighthorninthgradepredictslowerratesofconvictionforcriminalactivityandlowerratesofpaternitysuitsbyagestwenty-fivetotwenty-eight.Specifically,exposuretotheMPCPisassociatedwithareductionofaround53percentindrugconvictions,86percentinpropertydamageconvictions,and38percentinpaternitysuits.Theprogrameffectstendtobelargestformalesandstudentswithlowerlevelsofacademicachievementatbaseline.__________________________________________________________JELClassifications:I28,I20Keywords:schoolvouchers,schoolchoice,educationalpolicy,programevaluation,privateeducation,educationalreform,economicsofeducation,characterskills,crimeI.IntroductionPrivateschoolchoiceprogramsaregovernmentinitiativesthatdirectlyorindirectlyprovidefinancialsupportforparentstoenrolltheirchildinaprivateschool.Theseprogramsusegovernmentfinancedschoolvouchers,tax-credit-financedscholarships,orK12educationsavingsaccountstofundaccesstoprivateschoolinglargelyforstudentswithlowincomesordisabilities.Fifty-sixprivateschoolchoiceprogramsareoperatingintwenty-ninestatesplustheDistrictofColumbia,enrollingover482,000studentsin201819(EdChoice2019).11Thesetotalsincludetown-tuitioningvoucherprogramsintheruralareasofMaine,NewHampshire,andVermontbutexcludeninetaxprovisionsthatmerelyprovidedeductionsorpartialcreditsforaparentspersonalprivateschool
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