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Fiscal constraint and education expenditure in Nigeria: how critical is political institution?

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  • Martins Iyoboyi
  • Latifah Musa-Pedro
  • Okereke Samuel Felix
  • Hussaina Sanusi

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Purpose - This paper examines the impact of fiscal constraints on education expenditure in Nigeria from 1981 to 2021, using annual time series data. Design/methodology/approach - The study deployed cointegration techniques with structural breaks. Findings - Cointegration was found between education expenditure, debt servicing (a proxy for fiscal constraint) and associated variables. In both the long and short run, debt servicing negatively and significantly impacts education expenditure. While government revenue has a positive and significant impact on education expenditure in the long and short run, political institution has a negative and significant impact in the long run. Political institution is thus critical to education financing in Nigeria. The impact of debt is positive and significant in the short run, but not significant in the long run. There is a unidirectional causality from debt servicing to education expenditure. Practical implications - Political institutions are critical towards contracting only productive debts and checkmating the adverse political environment through political will that prioritizes education financing. Originality/value - The study extends the empirical literature on the fiscal constraint-education expenditure first by investigating fiscal constraint-education expenditure nexus given the institutional environment, and second by extending the methodology using cointegration techniques in the midst of structural breaks. Peer review - The peer review history for this article is available at:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-10-2022-0682.

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  • Martins Iyoboyi & Latifah Musa-Pedro & Okereke Samuel Felix & Hussaina Sanusi, 2023. "Fiscal constraint and education expenditure in Nigeria: how critical is political institution?," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 50(10), pages 1453-1470, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijsepp:ijse-10-2022-0682
    DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-10-2022-0682
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    Keywords

    Education expenditure; Fiscal constraints; Political institutions; Structural breaks; C22; F32; H52; I22; H62;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus

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