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The Long Term Effect of Education Spending Decentralization on Human Capital in Spain

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Merrouche, Ouarda () (Department of Economics)

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In 1980, seven out of the seventeen Spanish regions were devolved education spending responsibility. Using a difference-in-differences approach, which I show to be particularly credible in this context, I evaluate the long term effect of this reform on human capital. I find no robust evidence to corroborate the theoretically predicted benefits of decentralization.

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Paper provided by Uppsala University, Department of Economics in its series Working Paper Series with number 2007:3.

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Date of creation: 15 Jan 2007
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Keywords: Decentralization; Education; Difference-in-differences estimator;

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  3. E. Somanathan & R. Prabhakar & Bhupendra Singh Mehta, 2005. "Does decentralization work? Forest conservation in the Himalayas," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 05-04, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India. [Downloadable!]
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