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Why do education vouchers fail at the ballot box?
Bearse, Peter; Cardak, Buly; A; Glomm, Gerhard; Ravikumar, B - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
We compare a uniform voucher regime against the status quo mix of public and private education, focusing on the distribtuion of welfare gains and losses across households by income. We argue that the topping-up option available under uniform vouchers is not su¢ ciently valuable for the poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325639
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Financing basic education in Bangladesh
Al-Samarrai, Samer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper presents education finance trends for Bangladesh since 2000. It shows that while government spending on education as a proportion of national income has stagnated, it has increased in real terms. Real increases in education spending have resulted in substantial increases in per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621339
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The Relationship Between State Income Taxes and Local Property Taxes: Education Finance in New Jersey
Goodspeed, Timothy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
Abstract - New Jersey enacted an income tax in 1976 in response to a State Supreme Court ruling that held that local taxation alone violated the requirement of the State Constitution that all children receive a “thorough and efficient” education. The law required that revenues from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869284
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Balance of Payments Constrained Growth Model: Evidence for Bolivia 1953-2002
Vasquez, Arevilca; Javier, Bismarck; Charquero, Risso; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Theoretical and empirical literature have focused on supply factors when studying economic growth determinants. The present work analyzes demand factors as determinants of the Bolivian economic growth between 1953-2002 using framework introduced by Thirlwall (1979). According to cointegration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836270
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Balance of payments constrained growth model: evidence for Bolivia 1953-2002
Vasquez, Arevilca; Javier, Bismarck; Charquero, Risso; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Theoretical and empirical literature have focused on supply factors when studying economic growth determinants. The present work analyzes demand factors as determinants of the Bolivian economic growth between 1953-2002 using framework introduced by Thirlwall (1979). According to cointegration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620158
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Declining inequality in Bolivia: How and Why
Fortun Vargas, Jonathan M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
inequality, the figure decline dramatically starting from the year 2000. In this setting, Bolivia has been one of the poorest … other variables) has contributed on the reduction of inequality in Bolivia. Moreover, the sources of inequality are mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108568
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Efectos macroeconómicos de la política fiscal: Evidencia empírica para Bolivia
Cernadas, Luis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Using a Structural Vector Autoregression approach (SVAR), the paper estimates the response of output, price levels, private investment and consumption to expansive and contractive fiscal shocks. The results show that government spending shocks have a positive effect on GDP. On the other hand, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111968
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Estimación de una Función de Reacción para la Política Monetaria en Bolivia
Cernadas, Luis; Aldazosa, René - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The paper models the behavior of the Central Bank of Bolivia, through the estimation of reaction functions. According …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112099
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The Effects of Remittances on Poverty at the Household Level in Bolivia: A Propensity Score Matching Approach
López-Videla, Bruno; Machuca, Carlos Emilio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In the last few years, Bolivia has experienced a growing migration phenomenon. Many household members migrate from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113053
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The Impact of Migration on Foreign Trade: A Developing Country Approach
Bacarreza, Canavire; Javier, Gustavo; Ehrlich, Laura - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
small economy. We use the data of Bolivia, for the years 1990–2003. We apply gravity model, adding a migration variable to … Bolivia). We control for the economic size and geographical location of trade partners, and for changes in terms of trade … effect of immigration on exports and imports is confirmed also in Bolivia, even when the migration flows in Bolivia are not …
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