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Higher Education: Does Public Expenditure Increase Enrollment?

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Bergh, Andreas () (The Ratio Institute)
Fink, Günther (Bocconi University)

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This paper evaluates the effects of public education expenditure on student enrollment in tertiary education. We use a cross-section of 132 countries to demonstrate that public expenditure on primary and secondary education positively affects tertiary enrollment rates, while the generosity of tertiary education subsidies themselves do not appear to have any signifcant impact on tertiary enrollment. The results presented are robust to various specifcations, and raise serious concerns regarding the within country allocation of public resources on education, which seems to be biased towards higher education, especially for less developed countries.

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Paper provided by The Ratio Institute in its series Ratio Working Papers with number 84.

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Date of creation: 15 Feb 2006
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Keywords: Higher (Tertiary) Education Enrollment

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H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance

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  1. Robert J. Barro, 2001. "Human Capital and Growth," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 91(2), pages 12-17, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Birdsall, Nancy, 1996. "Public spending on higher education in developing countries: Too much or too little?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 407-419, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf & Wirz, Aniela, 2002. "Public Funding and Enrolment into Higher Education in Europe," IZA Discussion Papers 503, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  4. Fredriksson, Peter, 1997. " Economic Incentives and the Demand for Higher Education," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 99(1), pages 129-42, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Alan B. Krueger & Mikael Lindahl, 2001. "Education for Growth: Why and for Whom?," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 39(4), pages 1101-1136, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Bergh, Andreas & Fink, Günther, 2005. "Escaping Mass Education – Why Harvard Pays," Working Papers 2005:2, Lund University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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