Globalization and the Composition of Public Education Expenditures: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Thushyanthan Baskaran and Zohal Hessami

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Abstract: This paper studies the relationship between globalization and the composition of public education expenditures. The theoretical model is embedded in a median voter setting and is based on the assumption that globalization leads to lower tax revenues as well as an increase in the relative wage of high-skilled workers. Overall, the theoretical discussion suggests that globalization induces a shift from primary to tertiary education expenditures, which is backed up by empirical evidence from dynamic panel estimations for 121 countries over the 1992 - 2006 period. A possible implication of the shift in educational priorities towards higher education is an increase in income inequality.

Keywords: Globalization; public education expenditures; educational policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 H42 H52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09-15
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