Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines

Rosario G. Manasan, Janet Cuenca and Eden C. Villanueva-Ruiz

No DP 2007-09, Discussion Papers from Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abstract: Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Given this perspective, the paper addresses the question: To what extent has the poor benefited from government spending on education? In particular, it uses benefit incidence analysis to evaluate whether expenditures on education had redistributive impact.

Keywords: targeting; education; poverty reduction; benefit incidence analysis; Gini coefficient; concentration coefficient; concentration curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42
Date: 2007
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Working Paper: Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines (2008)
Working Paper: Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines (2008)
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