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Reducing socio-economic differences between municipalities in Israel
Machlica, Gabriel - 2020
opportunities in the peripheral areas alongside skills shortages in the dynamic centre. Inequalities between municipalities are the …
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Two Decades of Fiscal Decentralization : Implications on the Regional Development in Indonesia
Yasin, Mohammad Zeqi; Landiyanto, Erlangga Agustino; … - 2022
The implementation of fiscal decentralization in the last two decades has produced various findings: positive and negative. Several studies have evaluated fiscal decentralization as an ideal system so that development goals can be accustomed to satisfy the local’s preferences, so that the...
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Public employment services under decentralization : evidence from a natural experiment
Mergele, Lukas; Kloß, Michael - 2019
This paper studies whether the decentralization of public employment services (PES) increases job placements among the unemployed. Decentralizing PES has been a widely applied reform used by governments aiming to enhance their efficacy. However, economic theory is ambiguous about its effects,...
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Local public finances and municipal reform in Finland
André, Christophe; García, Clara - 2014
Finnish municipalities enjoy ample fiscal autonomy and provide or arrange the provision of a large share of public … increases in the cost of health care and social services. Furthermore, small municipalities are often struggling to align … service provision with national standards. The government has launched a reform to create more efficient municipalities …
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The Effect of Decentralization on Educational Outcomes : Real Autonomy Matters!
Salinas, Paula - 2014
This paper uses cross-national data to examine the effects of different dimensions of decentralization on the efficiency of educational policies in OECD countries. The results show that the autonomy of subnational governments, both on the expenditure and revenue sides of their activities, is...
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Decentralizing development : evidence from government splits
Dahis, Ricardo; Szerman, Christiane - 2024
Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common in many countries. We examine the economic consequences of redistricting through the creation of smaller government units. Exploiting reforms that led to sharp variations in the number of government units in...
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Decentralisation and Economic Growth - Part 3: Decentralisation, Infrastructure Investment and Educational Performance
Fredriksen, Kaja - 2013
Theories of fiscal competition between jurisdictions suggest that investment in productive relative to consumptive spending is higher in a decentralised setting, and that efficiency of the public sector is also higher. This paper empirically analyses the link between decentralisation and the...
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La crisis institucional de las localidades de Bogotá
Rincón, Sergio René Cortés - In: REVISTA FINANZAS Y POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA (2012)
RESUMENEl deber ser de las localidades de Bogotá se encuentra en entredicho por el particular marco legal que las regula y la relegada posición que les endilga, administrativamente, el Gobierno distrital, mostrándolas como las figuras territoriales que aportan poco al desarrollo de la ciudad....
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New Evidence on Fiscal Decentralization and the Size of Government
Fiva, Jon H. - 2006
This paper adds to the literature by utilizing improved data on tax revenue decentralization to re-examine the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the size of government. An econometric analysis using panel data from 18 OECD countries shows that fiscal decentralization matters for...
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Enhancing Expenditure Control with a Decentralised Public Sector in Denmark
Daugaard, Steen - 2002
counties and municipalities have been assigned a wider range of responsibilities than in any other OECD country as well as …
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