Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality

Autores
Galiani, Sebastian; Schargrodsky, Ernesto
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
documento de conferencia
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
An important piece of the major fiscal and structural reforms undertaken in Argentina in the early 1990's was the decentralization of education services from the federal government to the provincial governments. The theoretical literature does not find absolute superiority of centralization or decentralization in the provision of public services. We evaluate empirically the effect of the decentralization of secondary schools in Argentina on education quality. Our results suggest that, on average, decentralization improved the performance of public school students in test scores. We also explore whether the effect of decentralization depends on province characteristics. We find that the effect is positive when schools are transferred to fiscally ordered provinces, but negative when provinces run significant fiscal deficits.
Departamento de Economía
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
decentralization; evaluation; education quality
educación
descentralización
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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title Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality
spellingShingle Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality
Galiani, Sebastian
Ciencias Económicas
decentralization; evaluation; education quality
educación
descentralización
title_short Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality
title_full Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality
title_fullStr Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality
title_sort Evaluating the impact of school decentralization on education quality
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Galiani, Sebastian
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
author Galiani, Sebastian
author_facet Galiani, Sebastian
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
decentralization; evaluation; education quality
educación
descentralización
topic Ciencias Económicas
decentralization; evaluation; education quality
educación
descentralización
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv An important piece of the major fiscal and structural reforms undertaken in Argentina in the early 1990's was the decentralization of education services from the federal government to the provincial governments. The theoretical literature does not find absolute superiority of centralization or decentralization in the provision of public services. We evaluate empirically the effect of the decentralization of secondary schools in Argentina on education quality. Our results suggest that, on average, decentralization improved the performance of public school students in test scores. We also explore whether the effect of decentralization depends on province characteristics. We find that the effect is positive when schools are transferred to fiscally ordered provinces, but negative when provinces run significant fiscal deficits.
Departamento de Economía
description An important piece of the major fiscal and structural reforms undertaken in Argentina in the early 1990's was the decentralization of education services from the federal government to the provincial governments. The theoretical literature does not find absolute superiority of centralization or decentralization in the provision of public services. We evaluate empirically the effect of the decentralization of secondary schools in Argentina on education quality. Our results suggest that, on average, decentralization improved the performance of public school students in test scores. We also explore whether the effect of decentralization depends on province characteristics. We find that the effect is positive when schools are transferred to fiscally ordered provinces, but negative when provinces run significant fiscal deficits.
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