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Decentralization in Developing Economies

Singhal, Monica; Gadenne, Lucie - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Standard models of fiscal federalism suggest many benefits of decentralization in developing economies, and there has been a recent push toward decentralization around the world. However, developing countries presently still have less decentralization, particularly on the revenue side, than both...

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Digging the Dirt at Public Expense: Governance in the Building of the Erie Canal and Other Public Works

Engerman, Stanley; Sokoloff, Kenneth L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

The Erie Canal was a mammoth public works project undertaken largely because the scope of the investment was beyond what a private firm could manage during the early 19th century. As with most public works, there were ample opportunities for public officials to realize private gains from the...

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The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development

Hanushek, Eric; Woessmann, Ludger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic well-being, with a particular focus on...

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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation

Hanushek, Eric; Woessmann, Ludger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...

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Bribery in Health Care in Peru and Uganda

Hunt, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

: doubling household consumption increases the bribery probability by 0.2-0.4 percentage points in Peru, compared to a bribery … rate of 0.8%; doubling household expenditure in Uganda increases the bribery probability by 1.2 percentage points compared … to a bribery rate of 17%. The income elasticity of the bribe amount cannot be precisely estimated in Peru, but is about 0 …

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Estimating the Impact of Means-tested Subsidies under Treatment Externalities with Application to Anti-Malarial Bednets

Bhattacharya, Debopam; Dupas, Pascaline; Kanaya, Shin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Regular use of effective health-products such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN) by a household benefits its neighbors by (a) reducing chances of infection and (b) raising awareness about product-effectiveness, thereby increasing product-use. Due to their potential social benefits and...

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What Are Cities Worth? Land Rents, Local Productivity, and the Capitalization of Amenity Values

Albouy, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

This article examines and quantifies the relationship between local amenities and prices in an equilibrium model, demonstrating the role of non-traded goods and federal taxes. I derive formulae using factor shares to infer local land rents, productivity, and the total value of amenities from...

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Are Big Cities Bad Places to Live? Estimating Quality of Life across Metropolitan Areas

Albouy, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

The standard revealed-preference estimate of a city's quality of life is proportional to that city's cost-of-living relative to its wage-level. Adjusting estimates to account for federal taxes, non-housing costs, and non-labor income produces more plausible quality-of-life estimates than in the...

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The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance

Hanushek, Eric; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...

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Public School Choice: An Economic Analysis

Barseghyan, Levon; Coate, Stephen; Clark, Damon - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Public school choice programs give households a free choice of public school and provide schools incentives to compete for students. Proponents of these programs argue that by the usual market logic, choice and competition will improve the quality of the education that schools provide. Critics...

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