Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia

Colombia's PACES program provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that covered half the cost of private secondary school. The vouchers were renewable annually conditional on adequate academic progress. Since many vouchers were assigned by lottery, program effects can reliably be assessed by

哥伦比亚PACES项目为超过12.5万名贫困儿童提供了可覆盖私立中学一半学费的教育券（voucher）。该教育券需以合格的学业表现为条件，每年可续期。由于多数教育券通过抽签方式分配，因此可通过（原文未完整给出具体评估手段）可靠评估该项目的实施效果。