Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education

Autores
Letelier S., Leonardo; Ormeño C., Héctor
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
español castellano
Tipo de recurso
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Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
At the beginning of the 80s, the Chilean government handed over the administration of public schools to municipal governments and established a voucher per student type of funding. By running an empirical model that uses a panel of municipal observations between 2005 and 2011, we intend to explain the average municipal score achieved by public schools on the so called "SIMCE" test, which measures math and language skills at the 4th degree. Our empirical analysis suggests that; i) more "fiscally empowered" and "accountable" local governments perform better, ii) competition from publicly funded private schools enhances municipal schools' performance, iii) benefits from decentralization appear to diminish as the number of schools per municipal jurisdiction raises and, iv) socio economic variables are globally and individually significant.
Departamento de Economía
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
decentralization
productive efficiency
local public goods
economía
JEL: H40; H52; H70; I20
descentralización
Nivel de accesibilidad
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title Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education
spellingShingle Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education
Letelier S., Leonardo
Ciencias Económicas
decentralization
productive efficiency
local public goods
economía
JEL: H40; H52; H70; I20
descentralización
title_short Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education
title_full Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education
title_fullStr Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education
title_full_unstemmed Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education
title_sort Voice, acountability and fiscal descentralization : The case of Chilean municipal education
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Letelier S., Leonardo
Ormeño C., Héctor
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Ormeño C., Héctor
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
decentralization
productive efficiency
local public goods
economía
JEL: H40; H52; H70; I20
descentralización
topic Ciencias Económicas
decentralization
productive efficiency
local public goods
economía
JEL: H40; H52; H70; I20
descentralización
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Departamento de Economía
description At the beginning of the 80s, the Chilean government handed over the administration of public schools to municipal governments and established a voucher per student type of funding. By running an empirical model that uses a panel of municipal observations between 2005 and 2011, we intend to explain the average municipal score achieved by public schools on the so called "SIMCE" test, which measures math and language skills at the 4th degree. Our empirical analysis suggests that; i) more "fiscally empowered" and "accountable" local governments perform better, ii) competition from publicly funded private schools enhances municipal schools' performance, iii) benefits from decentralization appear to diminish as the number of schools per municipal jurisdiction raises and, iv) socio economic variables are globally and individually significant.
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