The effectiveness of government expenditure on education and health care in the Caribbean

Roland Craigwell, Shane Lowe and Danielle Bynoe

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Abstract: Investment in human development is considered a means of improving the quality of life and sustaining economic growth in the Caribbean. The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficacy of public spending on health care and education by evaluating the life expectancy and school enrolment rates of these countries.

Keywords: Caribbean; Government policy; Public finance; Public spending; Education; Health care; Panel OLS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I00 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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