Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines

Manasan, Rosario G. Author_Email: rmanasan@pidsnet.pids.gov.ph, Cuenca, Janet S. Author_Email: cjanet@pidsnet.pids.gov.ph and Villanueva-Ruiz, Eden C. Author_Email: veden@pidsnet.pids.gov.ph

No DP 2008-08, 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)
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Date: 2008
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