We examine quantitatively why uniform vouchers have repeatedly suffered electoral defeats against the current system where public and private schools coexist. We argue that the topping-up option available under uniform vouchers is not suficiently valuable for the poorer households to prefer the...

We compare a uniform voucher regime against the status quo mix of public and private education, focusing on the distribution of welfare gains and losses across house-holds by income. We argue that the topping-up option available under uniform vouchers is not sufficiently valuable for the poorer...

This paper uses a growth model with public and private education alternatives to investigate the implications of education vouchers for economic growth and the evolution of income inequality. The results indicate that introducing education vouchers can increase economic growth. Families that...