Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil
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- Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan & Diana Belo Moreira, 2009. "Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil," Textos para discussão 562, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil).
- Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan & Diana B. Moreira, 2012. "Corrupting Learning: Evidence from Missing Federal Education Funds in Brazil," NBER Working Papers 18150, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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local governments; test scores; corruption; Brazil;JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2012-06-25 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2012-06-25 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2012-06-25 (Labour Economics)
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