Abstract
AbstractDuring the second half of the twentieth century, a process of privatization took place in the Argentine education system. This paper seeks to explain the growth of private enrollments in Argentina over the last years. Drawing on the concept of quasi-monopoly, we run a random-effects estimation on panel data to analyze the determinants of the complex (and dynamic) equilibrium between public and private education supply. It is observed that the behavior of both sectors is explained by (1) the incorporation of new students to the education system, (2) the State action regulating and financing, and (3) the general socioeconomic conditions.
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During the second half of the twentieth century, a process of privatization took place in the Argentine education system
Introduction: the growth of enrollment in private education in Argentina Different studies produced in recent years have shown the case of the Argentine education system as a paradigm in terms of privatization of education (Morduchowicz, 2001; Narodowski & Andrada, 2000, 2001a; Vior & Rodríguez, 2012)
The use of the term privatization refers in this case to the fact that the evidence reveals a significant increase in enrollment in private education in Argentina since the 1960s, both in absolute and relative terms
Summary
During the second half of the twentieth century, a process of privatization took place in the Argentine education system. His research is in the fields of history and future of childhood, compared education systems, and education policy He has published various books and theoretical and applied papers in several journals including Journal of Education Policy, Comparative Education, Compare, and Paedagogica Historica, among others. Argentina’s private school enrollment has been growing both in absolute and relative terms in every one of the 24 federal jurisdictions (provinces). This tendency has been observed even during self-declared pro-public education government administrations. Using statistical evidence and the concept of quasi-State monopoly, this study provides an analysis of the causes of the growing number of students in private schools as an opposite effect of the objectives of the educational policy
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