To contribute to the debate about decentralization of education management, in this paper, we take advantage of the … education administration, have on average, a lower proportion of low-performing students, than similar schools in municipalities …

It is unclear whether teachers with a degree in education are more effective than those who are not trained in an … education-related field. To further examine this issue, we analyze the relationship between teachers' college major and student …-significant relationship between degree type and student achievement, suggesting that teachers with and without an education degree are equally …

ability, and the choice of education is determined endogenously. Job opportunities in an informal sector are available only to … workers who choose not to acquire higher education. We find that increased punishment of informal activities increases the …

. Consequently, too few workers may acquire skills. This allows for the possibility that subsidizing education is welfare improving …-between subsidizing education and thereby reducing unemployment and optimizing welfare may be eliminated. We analyse this issue in a …