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100			_aKing, Elizabeth M.
245			_aCentral mandates and local incentives: the Colombia education voucher program
260			_c1999
300			_ap.467-91
362			_aSep
520			_aIn decentralized education systems programs that promote central mandates may have to be devolved to local governments, communities, and providers. When participation by local governments and providers is voluntary rather than compulsory, the determinants of program placement are important in predicting potential benefits to individuals. This article analyzes incentives for municipalities and private schools to participate in Colombia's voucher program. It finds that the demand for secondary education relative to the capacity of public schools and the availability of spaces in private schools in the municipality were key predictors of municipal participation, whereas the number of underserved students had a nonlinear effect on participation. Schools whose educational quality was moderate and charged moderate tuition fees were the most likely to participate; the program was less attractive to schools whose quality and fees were high and to schools whose quality and fees were low. - Reproduced
650			_aSchools - Colombia
650			_aEducation - Colombia
650			_aPrivate education - Colombia
650			_aPrivate education
700			_aWohlgemuth, Darin
700			_aOrazem, Peter F.
773			_aWorld Bank Economic Review
909			_a43984
999			_c43984 _d43984