TY  - GEN
AU  - Bastos, Paulo
AU  - Straume, Odd Rune
TI  - Preschool Education in Brazil: Does Public Supply Crowd Out Private Enrollment?
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/27
DO  - 10.18235/0011518
AB  - This paper examines whether 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 reveal that larger federal transfers lead to a significant expansion of local public preschool services, but show no effects on the quantity or quality of private provision.  These findings are consistent with a theory in which households differ in willingness to pay for preschool services, and private suppliers optimally adjust prices in response to an expansion of lower-quality, free-of-charge public supply.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0011518
ER  -