Catholic schools = mixed bag?

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Naci H. Mocan and Erdal Tekin (2006) "Catholic Schools and Bad
Behavior: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis", Contributions to
Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 13.
http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/contributions/vol5/iss1/art13

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.
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Jim Devine / "You need a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed.