. In this paper we argue that decentralization of education policy in a context of heterogeneous local preferences and with … education in nineteenth-century Prussia which was characterized by a decentralized education system and a linguistically … polarized society. Using unique county-level data on education expenditure we show that linguistic polarization had a negative …

income distribution allows applying a value-added approach for industrializing West Prussia. I find that educational …

To contribute to the debate about decentralization of education management, in this paper, we take advantage of the … education administration, have on average, a lower proportion of low-performing students, than similar schools in municipalities …

directed to capital spending and that the bulk of this shift is due to higher education spending. Using an education production … spending and other variables affecting education. A 10% point increase in decentralisation increases educational performance by …

What is decentralization, what is its underpinning rationale, and why might it matter for least-developed countries … decentralization into clear empirical conclusions; and (ii) to derive policy lessons relevant to least-developed countries. It first … reviews the different definitions of decentralization employed in the literature before proposing one best suited to countries …

governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …