We explore the effects of decentralization on education and health in Ethiopia using an original database covering all … the 1970s-80s were followed by federalization, decentralization, rapid growth and dramatic improvements in human … development. Did decentralization contribute to these successes? We use time series and panel data analyses to show that …

To contribute to the debate about decentralization of education management, in this paper, we take advantage of the … arbitrary rule used in Colombia to define the municipalities that can autonomously manage schools, to evaluate through a … education administration, have on average, a lower proportion of low-performing students, than similar schools in municipalities …

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of mayor's characteristics (education, experience and gender) on … indicate that women and men elected in close races are different regarding education, and therefore we were not able to …

This paper evaluates the impact of quality of education on violence and crime using student performances on a mandatory … investments in education as a source of exogenous variation and finds that better education quality has a negative impact on … consistent with an opportunity cost effect of education, that is, high quality education increases expectations of being absorbed …