larger than a simple OLS regression would suggest. Hence, policies to expand education in Sub-Saharan Africa, should not …

The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided educa-tion and to analyse their … education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional perspective the overall result is the expected levelling effect. When … non-compulsory education, thus negating any social equalisation effects achieved within the com-pulsory education …

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 … decentralised education. The model is also extended to include peer effects. Peer effects increase the support for central school …

on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find that the children of Mexican mothers with greater autonomy in … autonomy and welfare outcomes. We argue that omitted variables that may drive education and autonomy are likely to be …

It has previously been shown that civil conflict influences many economic factors, including education, which play an … important role in development and economic growth. Previous authors working on the influence of conflict on education have … demand for education. It is theoretically shown that, under relatively general conditions, individuals living in a conflict …