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Public sector decentralization and school performance: International evidence

Using a panel of international student test scores 1980 2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of educational spending.

ISBN
978-3-940369-77-2
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions ; No. 31

Classification
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Publicly Provided Goods: General
Subject
Fiscal Decentralization
Student Achievement
Federalism
PISA
TIMSS
Education
School Quality

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Falch, Torberg
Fischer, Justina A. V.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Chair for Economic Policy
(where)
Hamburg
(when)
2010

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Falch, Torberg
  • Fischer, Justina A. V.
  • University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Chair for Economic Policy

Time of origin

  • 2010

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