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Politics before pupils? : electoral cycles and school resources in India
Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - 2014
Primary education in India is a development question of a unique magnitude, and the delivery of education by Indian … inspections. We also show that around election years, teachers spend more time on "non-teaching" activities. The political cycles …
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A fresh look at fiscal redistribution and inequality in the US across electoral cycles
Sala, Hector - 2018
The evolution of the ratio of direct taxation (characterized by progressive rates) over indirect and payroll taxation (characterized by flat rates) is examined together with its distributional consequences for the Bottom 50%, Middle 40% and Top 10% shares of income. Oscillations of this ratio...
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Policy diffusion through elections
Shigeoka, Hitoshi; Watanabe, Yasutora - 2023
Staggered difference-in-differences designs are pervasive in policy evaluations but little is known about the mechanisms of policy diffusion: How and why do such policies spread across jurisdictions? In this study, we highlight the role of elections in policy diffusion in settings where...
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Intergenerational conflict, partisan politics, and public higher education spending : evidence from the German states
Oberndorfer, Ulrich (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze potential effects of demographic change and political constellations on higher education spending. In our panel analysis of west German states (Laender) for the period 1985 to 2002 we find empirical evidence for the hypothesis of a negative relationship between demographic aging and...
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Electoral incentives and the allocation of public funds
Finan, Frederico S.; Mazzocco, Maurizio - 2016
It is widely believed that politicians allocate public resources in ways to maximize political gains. But what is less clear is whether this comes at a cost to welfare; and if so, whether alternative electoral rules can help reduce these costs. In this paper, we address both of these questions by...
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The elite and the marginalised : an analysis of public spending on mass education in the Indian States
Pal, Sarmistha (contributor); Ghosh, Sugata (contributor) - 2008
-development spending ; India …
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Inequality of educational opportunity in India : changes over time and across states
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Yalonetzky, Gaston - 2010
This paper documents the extent of inequality of educational opportunity in India spanning the period 1983-2004 using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901592
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Evidence of state-level variability in the economic and demographic well-being of people with disabilities in India
Menon, Nidhiya; Parish, Susan L.; Rose, Roderick A. - 2011
Among countries with comparable levels of income, India has one of the more progressive disability policy frameworks …; however, people with disabilities in India are subject to multiple disadvantages. This paper focuses on state-level variations … across all models in the outcomes examined. -- disability ; India ; economic well-being ; state variations ; people with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523476
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Can elected minority representatives affect health worker visits? : evidence from India
Kaletski, Elizabeth; Prakash, Nishith - 2014
, and health worker visits in rural India. We estimate the effect of minority representation on the frequency of visits to … legislative assemblies mandated by the Constitution of India. Using data from state and village level surveys on fifteen major …
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Informal sector and corruption : an empirical investigation for India
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - 2011
India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of … sector ; corruption ; state domestic product ; governance ; India …
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