Citation

Mocan NH, Tekin E. BE J. Econ. Anal. Policy 2006; 5(1).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Berkeley Electronic Press)

DOI

10.1515/1538-0645.1403

PMID

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Abstract

Although there is a sizeable literature on the effect of private school attendance on academic student outcomes, the number of studies that investigate the impact of school sector on non-academic outcomes is limited. Using a rich data set, we analyze the impact of Catholic school attendance on the likelihood that teenagers use or sell drugs, commit property crime, have sex, join gangs, attempt suicide, or run away from home. We employ propensity score matching methods to control for the endogeneity of school choice. Catholic school attendance reduces the propensity to use cocaine and to have sex for female students. However, it increases the propensity to use and sell drugs for male students. © 2006 De Gruyter. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

crime; Catholic schools; risky behavior