The regulation of private schools serving low-income families in Andhra Pradesh, India

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-54

  Dixon, Pauline ^a   Tooley, James ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Developing countries; Entrepreneurship; India; Low income families; Private schools; Profit; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244401428     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11138-005-5592-4     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Aggarwal, Y. (2000) Public and Private Partnership in Primary Education in India: A Study of Unrecognised Schools in Haryana. New Delhi: National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration.
2. Alderman, H., Orazem, P. F., and Paterno, E. M. (1996) "School Quality, School Cost and the Public/Private School Choices of Low-Income Households in Pakistan." Working Paper Series on 'Impact Evaluation of Education Reforms' Paper No. 2. Washington D.C.: World Bank.
3. Bainton, D. M. (1983) "State Regulation of Private Religious Schools and the States Interest in Education." Arizona Law Review, 25: 123-149.
4. Bashir, S. (1994) "Public versus Private in Primary Education: Comparisons of School Effectiveness and Costs in Tamil Nadu." Unpublished Ph. D. thesis, London: London School of Economic.
5. Bashir, S. (1997) "The Cost Effectiveness of Public and Private Schools: Knowledge Gaps, New Research Methodologies and an Application in India." In: Colclough, C. (Ed.) Marketizing Education and Health in Developing Countries: Miracle of Mirage? pp. 124-164, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
6. Bashir, S. (2002) Karnataka: Financing Education in the Context of Economic Restructuring. Washington D.C.: World Bank.
7. Braithwaite, J. (1982) "Enforced Self-regulation: A New Strategy for Corporate Crime Control." Michigan Law Review, 80: 1466-1507.
8. Carper, J. C. and Devins, N. E. (1985) "Rendering Unto Caesar; State Regulation of Christian Day Schools." Journal of Thought, 20: 99-113.
9. CfBT (2001) Quality Matters: The Standards. Reading: CfBT.
10. Chubb, J. E. and Moe, T. M. (1990) Politics, Markets and Americas Schools. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institute.
11. De Soto, H. (2000) The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. Bantam Press.
12. Diehl, B. (1983) "The Right to Regulate Non-Public Education." The Urban Lawyer, 15(1): 97-111.
13. Dixon, P. (2003) "The Regulation of Private Schools for Low-Income Families in Andhra Pradesh, India: An Austrian Economic Approach." Unpublished PhD thesis, Newcastle: University of Newcastle.
14. Drèze, J. and Sen, A. (2002) India: Development and Participation, 2nd edn. New Delhi, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
15. Encarnation, D. J. (1983) "Public Finance and Regulation of Nonpublic Education: Retrospect and Prospect." In: James, T. and Levin, H. M. (Eds.) Public Dollars for Private Schools. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
16. Erickson, D. A. (1984) "Bad Fences Make Bad Neighbors: A look at State Regulation of Private Schools." In: Carper, J. C. and Hunt, T. C. (Eds.) Religious Schooling in America, pp. 227-244. Birmingham, Alabama: Religious Education Press.
17. Erickson, D. A. (1986) "Choice and Private Schools: Dynamics of Supply and Demand." In: Levy, D. C. (Ed.) Private Education: Studies in Choice and Public Policy. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 82-109.
18. Foley, E. B. (1996) "The Regulation of Private Schools." Capital University Law Review, 25: 819-839.
19. Furst, L. G. (1985) "Indirect Government Control of Non-Public Schools: A Review of Court Decisions." ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED263482.
20. Govinda, R. and Varghese, N. V. (1993) Quality of Primary Schooling in India: A Case Study of Madhya Pradesh. Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning.
21. Harbison, R. W. and Hanushek, E. A. (1992) Educational Performance of the Poor: Lessons from Rural Northeast Brazil. Oxford University Press (Published for the World Bank).
22. Hirschoff, M. M. U. (1986) "Public Policy Toward Private Schools: A Focus on Parental Choice." In: Levy, D. C. (Ed.) Private Education: Studies in Choice and Public Policy, pp. 33-57, Oxford and NY: Oxford University Press.
23. Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (2001) The Constitution, [Internet]. Available from:〈http://www.isasa.org/docs/ ISASA_C.pdf〉 [Accessed September 2002].
24. Independent Schools Council (2002) Independent Schools Inspectorate - ISI Handbook. [Internet], Available from: 〈http://www.isinspect.org.uk/ documentation/docindex.htm#H〉 [Accessed September 2002]
25. Jimenez, E., Lockheed, M., and Wattanawaha, N. (1988) "The Relative Efficency of Private and Public Schools: The Case of Thailand." The World Bank Economic Review, 2(2): 139-164.
26. Jimenez, E. and Cox, D. (1989) The Relative Effectiveness of Private and Public Schools: Evidence from Two Developing Countries. Washington, D. C.: The World Bank.
27. Kingdon, G. (1994) "An Economic Evaluation of School Management Types in Urban India: A Case Study of Uttar Pradesh." Unpublished PhD thesis, Oxford: Oxford University.
28. Kingdon, G. (1996a) "The Quality and Efficiency of Private and Public Education: A Case Study in Urban India." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 58(1): 57-81.
29. Kingdon, G. (1996b) Private Schools in India: Size, Nature, and Equity-Effects. The Development Economics Research Programme, London: LSE STICERD Centre.
30. Kirzner, I. M. (1973) Competition and Entrepreneurship. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
31. Kirzner, I. M. (1978) The Perils of Regulation: A Market Process Approach. Coral Gables, Florida: Law and Economics Center, Miami School of Law, LEC occasional paper.
32. Kirzner, I. M. (1985) Discovery and the Capitalist Process. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
33. Kirzner, I. M. (1997) How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery. London: Institute of Economic Affairs.
34. Koutsky, J. (1996) "Access to Higher Education in the Czech republic: From Central Regulation to a Balance of Incentives." Higher Education Policy, 9(2): 113-124.
35. Maxwell, J., Provan, D., and Fielden, J. (2000) State Controlled or Market Directed? Regulation of Private Universities in the Commonwealth, CHEMS.
36. Mises, Ludwig von. (1949, [1996]) Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, 4th edn. San Francisco: Fox & Wilkes.
37. Mitra, C. (1998) The Corrupt Society: The Crimilization of India from Independence to the 1990s, New Delhi, India: Viking Penguin India.
38. Moja, T., et al. (1996) "Towards New Forms of Regulation in Higher Education: The Case of South Africa." Higher Education, 32(2): 199-231.
39. Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) (1998), Urban Community Development Handbook. Director of Urban Community Development, Hyderabad, India.
40. Murnane, R. J. (1986) "Comparisons of Private and Public Schools: The Critical Role of Regulation." In: Levy, D. C. (Ed.) Private Education: Studies in Choice and Public Policy. Oxford and NY: Oxford University Press (chapter 5), pp. 138-152.
41. Randall, E. V. (1992) "Private Schools and State Regulation." The Urban Lawyer, 24(2): 341-378.
42. Randall, E. V. (1994) Private Schools and Public Power: A Case for Pluralism. N.Y.: Teachers College Press.
43. Richardson, G. and Fielden, J. (1997) "Measuring the Grip of the State: The Relationship Between Governments and Universities in Selected Commonwealth Countries." A discussion paper, Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service.
44. Sen, A. (1999) Development as Freedom. New York: Knopf.
45. Singh, R. P. (1997). Census of India 1991, Series 2, Andhra Pradesh: District Census Handbook Hyderabad. Government of Andhra Pradesh, India.
46. Smolin, D. M. (1986) "State Regulation of Private education: Ohio Law in the Shadow of the United States Supreme Court Decision." University of Cincinnati Law Review, 54: 1003-1033.
47. The Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982, in Rao, V. J. (2000) Law of Education in Andhra Pradesh: Second Edition. Vol. I Hyderabad: J.D. Gogia for S. Gogia & Company.
48. The Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Establishment, Recognition, Administration and Control of Schools Under Private Management) Rules, 1993, in Rao, V. J. (2000) Law of Education in Andhra Pradesh: Second Edition, Vol. I, pp. 936-958. Hyderabad: J.D. Gogia for S. Gogia & Company.
49. The Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Inspection and Visits) Rules, 1988, in Rao, V. J. (2001) Law of Education in Andhra Pradesh, 2nd edn. Vol. II, pp. 1152-1174, Hyderabad: S. Gogia & Company.
50. The Andhra Pradesh (Integrated) Education Rules (1966) Elementary (Primary) Schools in Rao, V. J. (2000) Law of Education in Andhra Pradesh: Second Edition. Vol. I, pp. 673-878, Hyderabad: J.D. Gogia for S. Gogia & Company.
51. The Andhra Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1985, in Rao, V. J. (2001) Law of Education in Andhra Pradesh: Second Edition. Vol. II, pp. 1719-1735, Hyderabad: J.D. Gogia for S. Gogia & Company.
52. The Andhra Pradesh Registered Schools (Establishment, Recognition, Registration and Regulation) Rules, 1987 in Rao, V. J. (2001) Law of Education in Andhra Pradesh, 2nd edn. Vol. II, pp. 999-1030, Hyderabad: J.D. Gogia for S. Gogia & Company.
53. The Probe Team (1999) Public Report on Basic Education in India. Oxford and New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
54. Tooley, J. (2001) The Global Education Industry, 2nd edn. London: Institute of Economic Affairs.
55. Tooley, J. and Dixon, P. (2003) "Providing Education to the World's Poor: A Case Study of the Private Sector in India." In: Davies, B. and West-Burnham, J. (Eds.) Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management. pp. 342-354, London: Pearson Education.
56. Unni Krishnan, J. P. v State of A. P. (1993) Air 1993 Supreme Court 2179. Hyderabad: J. D. Gogia for S. Gogia & Company
57. Watkins, K. (2000) The Oxfam Education Report. Oxford: Oxfam in Great Britain.
58. World Education Forum (2000) Education For All: Meeting Our Collective Commitments, [Internet] UNESCO. Available from: http://www.unesco.org/education/ efa/ed_for_all/dakfram_eng.shtml [Accessed September 2002].
59. Yilmaz, Y. (1998) "Private Regulation: A Real Alternative for Regulatory Reform." In: Desai, A. V. (Ed.) Self Regulation in the Civil Society. New Delhi, Centre for Civil Society, pp. 5-35.