Enhancing the efficiency of education and health spending is a key policy challenge in G7 countries. The paper assesses … addition, lowering student-teacher ratios is associated with reduced efficiency in the education sector, while immunizations … and doctors'' consultations coincide with higher efficiency in the health sector. Greater autonomy for schools seems to …

There is little empirical evidence to support the claim that public spending improves education and health indicators …

relation to economic growth; health and education outcomes; adequacy of social safety nets; and governance. It then assesses …'' productivity and improving governance …

The paper investigates empirically the impact of ethnic heterogeneity on the amount of public spending on health and … education and the quality, or “technical efficiency” of spending. While it finds partial evidence for the claim that more …

growth of countries’ economies and various public finance instruments, such as tax policy, expenditure policy, and overall …

The recent slowdown in the U.S. economy has led to state and local government tax increases and expenditure cuts that …. Several explanations for this change are examined, including the role of federal grants, mandates, tax revolts, and …

education spending, identify sources of inefficiencies and inequality, and formulate potential reform options. The analytical … survey data-and can provide important insights into diagnosing and reforming education systems. The analysis finds … significant scope to improve both efficiency and equity of the education sector in Moldova. Potential reform measures include …

costs for different levels of schooling, we show that reducing household costs of primary education has the largest positive … impact on growth and poverty reduction in the short run. Moreover, an increase in higher education spending increases long …-run growth. These effects can be substantial even when increasing education spending comes at the expense of public …