-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the …-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the country’s education budget. We find large positive effects on test …

funds in education. The survey data reveal that on average, during the period 1991-95, schools received only 13% of what the … public officials for purposes unrelated to education or captured for private gain (leakage). Moreover, we find that resource …

social spending in favour of the elderly, while potentially sacrificing other publicly provided goods such as education. This … view seems to be supported by recent empirical findings that per child public education spending tends to be lower in US … longevity will lead over time to waning political support for funding of public education? This Paper challenges such …

We provide an assessment of the French ZEP (Zones d’Education Prioritaire), a programme started in 1982 that channels …

incentives to under-invest in education, whose returns are delayed and less visible to voters. In equilibrium, higher social … capital raises the average output growth rate and reduces its volatility by increasing public investment in education while … reduces public education expenditures. We provide suggestive cross-country evidence consistent with these predictions. …

account (covering education and training), and a health account (covering insurance against sickness and disability). Unlike …, cushioning people against economic risk, ensuring efficient provision of health and education services, providing social safety …