approach to simultaneously estimate female bargaining power, per capita household expenditure and budget share of education … educational spending; (ii) this bargaining power is associated positively (negatively) with education spending in urban (rural …

One of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals−gender parity in all levels of education−is widely considered to … ineffective in narrowing the gender gaps in academic performance and intrahousehold allocation of education resources. Gender … have been attained. However, measuring gender parity only through school enrollment is misleading, as girls may lag behind …

, with almost universal disadvantage in the amount of education expenditures in the group of 15-19 year olds. -- gender …Detecting gender discrimination among children in the intra-household allocation of goods from household surveys has … often proven to be difficult. This paper uses some of the commonly used techniques in this field to analyze education …

This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … incorporating a subsidy to private schools, a distinguishing feature of Spain's education system. We calibrate the model to match … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of …

This paper reviews the recent literature on the effects of immigration on the public education of the host country … and the quality of education in these schools. Our review of the literature, which includes both quantitative and …-scale immigration is that it appears to undermine the political support for public education, resulting in a deterioration in the …

health and education government spending on income inequality in the European Union over the 2002-2015 period. In this …

This paper investigates if higher public spending in education and better teacher qualifications are related to student … investment in public education and higher teacher qualifications can help increase average performance and reduce the impact that … variation in education performance in Colombia, a relatively high percentage when compared to those found by other studies …

What explains the large cross-country variation in the wage premium for higher education? Economic analyses of wage … differentials by education point to technological change and globalisation, but we know little about the impact of different types … of public policies. We argue that public education spending and tax-transfer policies contain the spread of “education …

The purpose of the study is to identify the level of public spending on education in the Visegrad Group countries in … perspective of 10 years, Poland was the country that allocated the most funds to education, which also translated into the average … countries of the Visegrad Group, an increase in the level of public spending on education, expressed in million euros, was …

consumption expenditure (e.g., education, defense, and the general legal and administrative infrastructure). Because of data … some of the collective consumption expenditure is actually distributed. We focus on public spending on education, which … makes up about 5% of national income in most OECD countries. We find that, in Germany at least, education spending tends to …