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Summer 2019

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 34, Number 3

Categories: Summer 2019 | Political participation

Will Democracy Endure Private School Choice? The Effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on Adult Voting Behavior

Corey A. DeAngelis, Reason Foundation

Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(2),2019,1–21WillDemocracyEndurePrivateSchoolChoice?TheEffectoftheMilwaukeeParentalChoiceProgramonAdultVotingBehaviorCoreyA.DeAngelis*CatoInstitutePatrickJ.WolfUniversityofArkansas_____________________________________________________AbstractDostudentswhoexperienceschoolchoicegrowuptobemoreengagedmembersofcivilsociety?Lookingatvotingbehaviorisonewaytoanswerthisquestion.WeemployprobitregressionanalysistocomparetheadultvotingactivityofstudentswhoparticipatedintheMilwaukeeParentalChoiceProgram,aprivateschoolvoucherprogram,totheirmatchedpublicschoolcounterparts.Usingasophisticatedmatchingalgorithm,wecreateatraditionalpublicschoolstudentcomparisongroupusingdatafromthestate-mandatedevaluationoftheprogram.Wefindthatbythetimethestudentswere19–26yearsold,noevidenceindicatesthatprivateschoolvoucherstudentsweremoreorlesslikelytovotein2012or2016thanpublicschoolstudents.Ourresultsarerobusttoallmodelsandareconsistentforallsubgroups.Thesefindingssuggestthattheprivatebenefitsattainedbystudentsusingvoucherprogramsdonotcomewithanysocialcostsassociatedwithdiminishedvotingbehavior._____________________________________________________JELCodes:I28,I20Keywords:schoolchoice,privateschooling,democraticeducation,politicalparticipation,civiceducation,schoolvouchersI.IntroductionPresidentDonaldTrumpcalledforanexpansionofprivateschoolchoicethrougha$20billionincreaseinfederallyfundedaccesstoprivateschoolingfortheelevenmillionchildrenlivinginpovertyin2017(Camera2017).ShortlyafterhewaselectedpresidentoftheUnitedStates,heappointedasupporterofprivateschoolchoice,BetsyDeVos,asthesecretaryofeducation.Duringthesameperiod,*Thispaper’scontentissolelytheauthors’responsibilityanddoesnotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsoftheCatoInstituteortheUniversityofArkansas.

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Title	Will Democracy Endure Private School Choice? The Effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on Adult Voting Behavior
Authors/Creators:	Corey A. DeAngelis, Reason Foundation Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas
Year:	2019
Volume:	34
Number:	3
Pages:	1 - 21
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	school choice, private schooling, democratic education, political participation, civic education, school vouchers

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DeAngelis, Corey A.; Wolf, Patrick J. / 2019. "Will Democracy Endure Private School Choice? The Effect of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program on Adult Voting Behavior." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(3): 1-21.