Public sector decentralization and school performance : international evidence

Torberg Falch; Justina A. V. Fischer

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. -- Fiscal Decentralization ; Student Achievement ; Federalism ; PISA ; TIMSS ; Education ; School Quality

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Falch, Torberg ; Fischer, Justina A. V.
Publisher:	Hamburg : Univ., Fac. Economics and Social Science, Chair for Economic Policy
Subject:	Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Bildungsfinanzierung \| Education finance \| Finanzbeziehungen \| Fiscal relations \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Welt \| World

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (10 S.)
Series:	Hamburg contemporary economic discussions. - Hamburg : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1865-7133, ZDB-ID 2409805-X. - Vol. 31
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
ISBN:	978-3-940369-77-2
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/42244 [Handle]
Classification:	C33 - Models with Panel Data ; H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue ; I2 - Education ; H40 - Publicly Provided Goods. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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