Public sector decentralization and school performance: International evidence

Torberg Falch and Justina A. V. Fischer

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Fiscal decentralization; Student achievement; federalism; PISA; TIMSS; education; school quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 H20 H40 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01-29
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Journal Article: Public sector decentralization and school performance: International evidence (2012)
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