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Public sector decentralization and school performance. International evidence

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  • Torberg Falch
  • Justina AV Fischer

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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.

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  • Torberg Falch & Justina AV Fischer, 2008. "Public sector decentralization and school performance. International evidence," TWI Research Paper Series 39, Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut, Universität Konstanz.
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    Keywords

    Fiscal decentralization; Student achievement; federalism; PISA; TIMSS; education; school quality;
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    JEL classification:

    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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