Enrollment and quality levels of Colombia's public basic education : has fiscal decentralization improved them?

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Borradores de Economía; No. 747
Date published
2013-01-11
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2013-01-11
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Lozano-Espitia, Luis Ignacio
Martínez, María Adelaida
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spa
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Abstract
This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of fiscal decentralization on Colombia's public basic education. Based on the social and economic data available for 1,003 municipalities and 13,670 public schools, for the last decade, we confirmed tha
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I22 - Educational Finance; Financial AidH77 - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; SecessionH41 - Public GoodsH71 - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and RevenueI38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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Public goods ; Local taxation ; Intergovernmental relations ; Education expenditures ; Government programs ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/5792
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/5792
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.747
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/747.html
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