Financing of Education: Some Experiences from ten European Countries

Jan Werner () and Anwar Shah

No 02-2006, Working Papers from Institute of Local Public Finance

Abstract: Education is one of the most important services provided by public governments in almost every country worldwide. However, the most important cross-country observations about education ? like the PISA report by the OECD or the TIMSS by the IEA ? focus only on international benchmarks to compare the knowledge capacity of pupils. This paper provides a general overview of the different forms to finance education in the framework of intergovernmental transfers as well as educational providers in ten European countries. We observe the educational system in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and point out the similarities and national distinctions in the respective transfer system regarding education financing or the allocation mechanism for primary and secondary schools as well as universities.

Keywords: Intergovernmental transfers; Educational Finance; Austria; Belgium; Denmark; France; Germany; Italy; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H1 H7 I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2006-09
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