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Central versus Local Education Finance: A Political Economy Approach
Borck, Rainald - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
This paper models voters' preferences over central versus local education policies when there are private alternatives …. Education is financed by income taxes and individuals are mobile between communities. Public education levels are chosen by … majority vote. Contrary to conventional wisdom, centralisation may benefit the rich and poor, while the middle class prefer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068685
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Central versus local education finance: a political economy approach
Borck, Rainald - In: International Tax and Public Finance 15 (2008) 3, pp. 338-352
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Who is afraid of school choice?
Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
This study uses survey data to investigate attitudes among Swiss voters to different models offering more freedom of choice in the educational system. The findings indicate clear opposition to the use of taxpayer money to fund private schools, while free choice between public schools seems to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274892
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Who is Afraid of School Choice?
Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - CESifo - 2011
This study uses survey data to investigate attitudes among Swiss voters to different models offering more freedom of choice in the educational system. The findings indicate clear opposition to the use of taxpayer money to fund private schools, while free choice between public schools seems to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872214
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Selbst wenn Privatschulen in der Nähe sind: Sozial benachteiligte Schüler*innen sind dort kaum vertreten
Helbig, Marcel; Schmitz, Laura; Weinhardt, Felix - In: DIW Wochenbericht 89 (2022) 51/52, pp. 683-690
Die Zahl der Privatschüler*innen steigt in Deutschland stetig, insbesondere in Ostdeutschland. Besonders häufig kommen sie aus Haushalten mit hohem Einkommen und hohem Bildungsniveau. Dieser Wochenbericht untersucht, welche Rolle die räumliche Verteilung von Privatschulen für die Struktur...
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Selbst wenn Privatschulen in der Nähe sind : sozial benachteiligte Schüler*innen sind dort kaum vertreten
Helbig, Marcel; Schmitz, Laura; Weinhardt, Felix - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 89 (2022) 51/52, pp. 683-690
Die Zahl der Privatschüler*innen steigt in Deutschland stetig, insbesondere in Ostdeutschland. Besonders häufig kommen sie aus Haushalten mit hohem Einkommen und hohem Bildungsniveau. Dieser Wochenbericht untersucht, welche Rolle die räumliche Verteilung von Privatschulen für die Struktur...
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Explaining leakage of public funds
Reinikka, Ritva; Svensson, Jakob - 2001
funds in education. The survey data reveal that on average, during the period 1991–5, schools received only 13 percent of … either used by public officials for purposes unrelated to education or captured for private gain (leakage). Moreover we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279128
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Financing Education at the Local Level: A Study of the Russian Region of Novgorod.
Stewart, K. - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 1998
presenting an analysis of the system of financing of one service, education, in one oblast, Novgorod in the Noth-West Ruissia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744318
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Electoral rules, political competition and fiscal expenditures : regression discontinuity evidence from Brazilian municipalities
Chamon, Marcos; Mello, Joao M. P. de; Firpo, Sérgio … - 2009
We exploit a discontinuity in Brazilian municipal election rules to investigate whether political competition has a causal impact on policy choices. In municipalities with less than 200,000 voters mayors are elected with a plurality of the vote. In municipalities with more than 200,000 voters a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931974
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Local favoritism in at-large proportional representation systems
Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill - 2015
Pork barrel spending is typically attributed to the strategic behavior of political elites hoping to be electorally rewarded by voters residing in their districts. Such behavior is expected to depend on the incentives imposed by the electoral system. We estimate the causal effect of local...
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