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Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines

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  • Manasan, Rosario G.
  • Cuenca, Janet S.
  • Villanueva-Ruiz, Eden C.

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Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Given this perspective, the paper addresses the question: To what extent has the poor benefited from government spending on education? In particular, it uses benefit incidence analysis to evaluate whether expenditures on education had redistributive impact.

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  • Manasan, Rosario G. & Cuenca, Janet S. & Villanueva-Ruiz, Eden C., 2007. "Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines," Discussion Papers DP 2007-09, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:phd:dpaper:dp_2007-09
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62986/dp2007.09
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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