Public Sector Decentralization and School Performance: International Evidence

Torberg Falch and Justina A. V. Fischer

No 31, Working Papers from Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg

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 H2 H40 I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2010
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Published in Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions, Issue 31, 2010

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