Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: A N Nguyen
Author-Name-First: A N
Author-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: J Taylor
Author-Name-First: J
Author-Name-Last: Taylor
Author-Name: S Bradley
Author-Name-First: S
Author-Name-Last: Bradley
Title: The estimated effect of Catholic schooling on educational outcomes using propensity score matching
Abstract: Attendance at Catholic high schools is estimated to improve math test scores and to increase high school graduation rates and enrolment in 4-year college. Propensity score matching methods are used to obtain these estimated effects, based on data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study. Since selection into Catholic schools is non-random, matching methods help to overcome the problem of choosing instruments for identifying the Catholic school effect on educational outcomes. The difference-in-differences approach is used on test score data in order to control for fixed unobservable influences on outcomes.
Creation-Date: 2005
Number: 565730
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Handle: RePEc:lan:wpaper:565730