Elasticity of Household Expenditure on Education in Rural India

Jandhyala B.G. Tilak
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Jandhyala B.G. Tilak: National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi Email: itilak@vsnl.com [or] j_tilak@hotmail.com

South Asia Economic Journal, 2002, vol. 3, issue 2, 217-226

Abstract: Using a national household survey data on rural India, the article estimates coefficients of elasticity to examine two important questions on the nature of household expenditure on education: how do households behave in spending on education, given a change in their levels of economic development; and whether households complement or substitute public efforts in spending on education? The results indicate that there is a complementary relationship between household and government expenditures on education; and that household expenditures respond favourably but less than proportionately to changes in household incomes.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1177/139156140200300206

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