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Chapter 30 Publicly provided education

Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 4, (pp. 2045-2141). 2002

Historically, most attention in public programs has been given to the resources devoted to the activity, and resources have been used to index both commitment and quality. Education differs from other areas of public expenditure because direct measures of outcomes are available, making it is...

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