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Enrollment in secondary > Scholarships and achievement awards (eES) > Angrist 2002

Detailed Information

Country	Country: Colombia
GDP per capita	3.500
Context details	Students who started secondary education at age 15 or under from Bogota and Jamundi
Age	Grades 7-12

2. Intervention

Implementation year	1998
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	36
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Vouchers for attending private schools covering annual fee and monthly tuition; vouchers could be renewed conditional on academic achievement

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Grades 7-12	Enrollment	N/A	N/A	1577	Coeff: -0.20; SE: 1.60; SD: 100.00

Study	Angrist, Joshua, Eric Bettinger, Erik Bloom, Elizabeth King, and Michael Kremer. "Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment." The American Economic Review 92, no. 5 (2002): 1535-1558.