CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE AND SOCIAL EFFECTS

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1 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE AND SOCIAL EFFECTS

2 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PRIVATE AND SOCIAL EFFECTS by William Sander DePaul University Department of Economics Chicago, Illinois Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

3 Electronic Services <hup:llwww.wkap.nl> Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sander, William. Catholic schools: private and social effects 1 by William Sander. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI / Catholic schools--united States--Evaluation. 2. Catholic Church--Education- Social aspects--united States. I. Title. LC501.S '2'73--dc21 OOD48794 Copyright 2001 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1 st edition 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Assinippi Park, Norwell, Massachusetts Printed on acid-free paper

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5 TABLE OF CONTENTS List oftables Acknowledgments Xl Xlll 1. Introduction 1 Catholic Schools 2 Catholic School Students 4 Technical Issues 6 An Overview of the Book 8 References Catholic Grade Schools and Academic Achievement 13 The Data 15 The Models 16 The Results 17 Explaining a Catholic School Effect 19 Conclusions 19 Notes 20 References Catholic Religiosity and Catholic School Effects 23 Data 23 The Models 27 The Results 30 Discussion 35 References 37

6 viii Catholic Schools : Private and Social Effects 4. Catholic Schools and Educational Attainment: Findings for Older Adults 39 Background 40 The Data 42 The Models 44 The Results 47 Conclusions 50 References 51 s. Catholic High Schools and Rural Academic Achievement 53 The Selection Issue 56 The Data 57 The Models 59 Expenditures and Rural Academic Achievement 61 The Results 62 Conclusions 66 References Catholic High Schools and Homework 73 Literature 74 Catholic School Enrollment 76 Data 77 Empirical Models 78 Estimates of Homework 84 Is There Specification Error? 87 Homework and Test Scores 90 Conclusions 92 References Catholic Schools and Public School Achievement 97 Models and Data 98 Empirical Results 102 Discussion 106 Appendix 108 References 108

7 Table ofcontents be 8. Catholic Schools and Housing Values Models and Data Empirical Results Discussion Appendix References 9. Catholic Schools and Religious Outcomes Data The Models The Results Discussion References 10. Catholic Schools, Health Habits, and Substance Abuse Estimates References 11. Conclusions Index References

8 LIST OF TABLES 1.1 Percentage of Catholic Adults Who Attended Parochial Schools by Year of Birth Probit Estimates of High School Graduates by Year ofbirth Mean 10th Grade Test Scores by Years in Catholic Grade School Estimates of 10th Grade Test Scores of Non-Hispanic Whites Weekly Church Attendance by Catholic Students and Parents Summary Statistics Probit Estimates ofcatholic High School Graduates Probit Estimates of High School Graduates Corrected Estimates of Academic Achievement by Minority Status and Location Private School Enrollment, Religious Teachers in Catholic Schools, Summary Statistics by School Sector Estimates of Attending a Parochial School Estimates ofhigh School Graduates Attendance at Parochial Schools by Type ofresidence and Age Measures of Rural Academic Achievement Summary Statistics OLS Estimates of Rural Mathematics Test Scores Estimates ofrural High School Graduation Rates Estimates of Rural High School Graduates Attending College Private and Catholic Primary and Secondary School Enrollment,

9 xii Catholic Schools: Private and Social Effects 6.2 Mean Hours of Homework per Week by Type of School and Minority Status Distribution ofhomework by Type of School and Minority Status Summary Statistics Probit Estimates of Catholic High School Uncorrected Estimates of Homework Corrected Estimates of Homework Hausman Test Estimates of the Effects of Catholic Schools and Homework on Test Scores Summary Statistics OLS Estimates of Student Achievement TSLS Estimates ofstudentachievement Estimates ofstudent Achievement in Urban Districts OLS Estimates of Percent Private Summary Statistics OLS Estimates of Percentage Private Estimates ofln Housing Values Estimates of the Characteristics of High Schools on Housing Values Catholic School Attendance and Religious Behavior for Respondents with a Catholic Upbringing Estimates of Religious Behavior for Respondents with a Catholic Upbringing Coefficients for Catholic School Attendance from Estimates of Religious Behavior by Age Alcohol Abuse, Marijuana Use, and Smoking by 1980 High School Seniors Estimates ofalcohol Abuse, Marijuana Use, and Smoking by 1980 High School Seniors 135

10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the Department of Economics, the College of Commerce, and the University Research Board at DePaul University for their support of this project. Five of the chapters in this book were published in academic journals. I would like to thank the editors and anonymous reviewers of these journals including The Journal of Human Resources, Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Education Economics, and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. I am also grateful for the comments of William Testa, editorial assistance from Angela Allison and Amy Allison, and typesetting assistance from Peter Obst.