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Fall 2020

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 35, Number 3

Categories: Fall 2020 | Private education

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),2020,13–48PrivateSchoolChoiceandCharacter:MoreEvidencefromMilwaukeeCoreyA.DeAngelisReasonFoundationPatrickJ.WolfUniversityofArkansas__________________________________________________________AbstractWeexaminetheeffectsofMilwaukee’sschoolvoucherprogramonadultcriminalactivityandpaternitysuits.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,orK–12educationsavingsaccountstofundaccesstoprivateschoolinglargelyforstudentswithlowincomesordisabilities.Fifty-sixprivateschoolchoiceprogramsareoperatingintwenty-ninestatesplustheDistrictofColumbia,enrollingover482,000studentsin2018–19(EdChoice2019).11Thesetotalsinclude“town-tuitioning”voucherprogramsintheruralareasofMaine,NewHampshire,andVermontbutexcludeninetaxprovisionsthatmerelyprovidedeductionsorpartialcreditsforaparent’spersonalprivateschool

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Title	Private School Choice and Character: More Evidence from Milwaukee
Authors/Creators:	Corey A. DeAngelis, Reason Foundation Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas
Year:	2020
Volume:	35
Number:	3
Pages:	13 - 48
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	school vouchers, school choice, educational policy, program evaluation, private education, educational reform, economics of education, character skills, crime

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DeAngelis, Corey A.; Wolf, Patrick J. / 2020. "Private School Choice and Character: More Evidence from Milwaukee." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 35(3): 13-48.