Using the NCAER survey data on Human Development in rural India (HDI) (1994), supplemented by other sources, the paper examines the extent of household expenditure on education by different groups of population, the elasticity of household expenditure on education to changes in household income...

This paper presents a brief review of alternative explanations and views on public versus private schooling in India. The data for this study has been obtained mainly from a sample survey of households conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in 1994 in rural India,...