Public sector decentralization and school performance. International evidence

Torberg Falch and Justina A. V. Fischer

No 39, TWI Research Paper Series from Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut, Universität Konstanz

Abstract: Using a panel of international student test scores, 1980 � 2000, 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, or decentralization in, educational spending.

Keywords: Fiscal decentralization; Student achievement; federalism; PISA; TIMSS; education; school quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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