well as a measure of school autonomy (using six waves of PISA). These measures are related to educational outcomes …. School autonomy is also positively related with educational outcomes, strengthening the estimated effects of administrative …

In response to widespread dissatisfaction with the schools, the 1988 Chicago School Reform Act decentralized school … governance by forming elected local school councils (LSCs) responsible for principal hiring, evaluation, and contract renewal as … incorporates potential differences in LSC capacity and incentives to maximize school quality. Using proxies for managerial capacity …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants … focused funds on human resources improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a …

In response to widespread dissatisfaction with the schools, the 1988 Chicago School Reform Act decentralized school … governance by forming elected local school councils (LSCs) responsible for principal hiring, evaluation, and contract renewal as … incorporates potential differences in LSC capacity and incentives to maximize school quality. Using proxies for managerial capacity …

We examine the evolution of educational assistance in Indonesia, following two decades of government decentralization … in the implementation of government decentralization to compute difference-in-difference estimators. Indicative evidence … suggests decentralization has facilitated collusion between village authorities and marginalized private schools, with …