The Long Term Effect of Education Spending Decentralization on Human Capital in Spain

In 1980, seven out of the seventeen Spanish regions were devolved education spending responsibility. Using a difference-in-differences approach, which I show to be particularly credible in this context, I evaluate the long term effect of this reform on human capital. I find no robust evidence to corroborate the theoretically predicted benefits of decentralization.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Merrouche, Ouarda
Publisher:	Uppsala : Uppsala University, Department of Economics
Subject:	Öffentliche Ausgaben \| Bildungsinvestition \| Dezentralisierung \| Bildungsertrag \| Humankapital \| Spanien \| Decentralization \| Education \| Difference-in-differences estimator

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Series:	Working Paper ; 2007:3
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	52157191X [GVK] hdl:10419/82650 [Handle] RePEc:hhs:uunewp:2007_003 [RePEc]
Classification:	E61 - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination ; E65 - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
Source:	EconStor

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