---shapes education finance policy at the local level. I conclude that enhancing minority representation on school boards could help … combat racial disparities in education …

analyze the provision of public primary education in nineteenth-century Prussia which was characterized by a linguistically … polarized society and a decentralized education system. Using unique county-level data on education spending we show that … border suggest that the relationship can be causally interpreted. Exploiting a reform of education spending, we show that …

Looking at the decentralized provision of public education in a middle income country, this paper estimates the impact … development. Colombian municipalities were assigned to administer their public education service autonomously solely on the basis … municipal balance sheet data, I show that the autonomous high-developed municipalities invest in education more than the ad hoc …

education, is likely to decline further. Analysing broad trends in total and per student spending on elementary education across … differently on elementary education …

this question empirically. This paper explores the effects of decentralization on access to health and education in …

however are more than offset by better governance. Education expenditure decentralization to subnational governments enhances …

, low levels of education, and inequality may lead to low accountability and higher susceptibility to political capture … education is provided by schools under municipal as well as under state management. The performance of these two types of school … municipalities where inequality is higher and education and political participation are lower …