secondary education is a major area of public expenditure. In many states, the bulk of this spending is subject to referendum …

government chooses income tax rates, per-student expenditure levels on public K-12 and college education, college tuition and the … and hence the quality of public education. More students would obtain college degrees due to increased enrollment. Over 86 …

Both the anomalies of education history, and its less surprising contrasts, fit broad patterns that can be revealed and … partially explained using low-tech methods. Over most of human history, contrasts in the output of education were driven mainly … by contrasts in the supply of tax support for mass education. Exogenous influences on the demand for, and the private …

future returns to current spending on public education. Greater social diffusion of information makes this knowledge more … helps the selection of politicians that ensure high productivity in public education. Through this mechanism, we show that … with higher social capital spend a higher share of output on public education …

education. Panel data for the U.S. states over the 1960-1990 period suggests that an increase in the fraction of elderly … of the school-age population does not result in proportionate changes in education spending, so students in states with …

were 0.2 sd higher in public schools. We find evidence of an education multiplier: test scores in private schools were also … villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program was randomized at the … 0.2 sd higher in treated markets. Consistent with standard models of product differentiation, the education multiplier …

the share of property tax revenues that fund public schools and the share of property taxes that are redistributed to …

The governments of nearly all countries are major providers of primary and secondary education to their citizens. In … some countries, however, public schools coexist with private schools, while in others the government is the sole provider … of education. In this study, we ask why different societies make different choices regarding the mix of private and …

developing country. From 1974 to 1978, the Indonesian government built over 61,000 primary schools. The school construction … program led to an increase in education among individuals who were young enough to attend primary school after 1974, but not …