Is Public Investment on Education a Redistributive Policy? An Analysis on the Composition of Expenditure by Educational Level
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2008.03.25Keywords:
Human Capital, Inequality, Political Parties, Public Spending, RedistributionAbstract
In this article, we examine the redistributive nature of public educational spending through a cross-country analysis from 1960 to 1996. Existing studies on the determinants of the extent of public funding of education tend to give for granted its progressive nature. We question this view and, assuming that the redistributive nature of public education is conditional on how expenditure is allocated between the different levels of schooling, we provide evidence on the role of the ideological nature of the party in government and of the economic position of the median voter on the configuration of this policy.
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