The Political Economy of Public Spending on Education, Inequality, and Growth

Public provision of education has often been perceived as universal and egalitarian, but in reality it is not. Political pressure typically results in incidence bias in favor of the rich. The author argues that the bias in political influence resul...

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Main Author:	Gradstein, Mark
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	EDUCATIONAL FINANCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION INCOME INEQUALITIES SOCIAL ISOLATION SPILLOVER EFFECTS RACIAL GROUPS ETHNIC GROUPS AGRICULTURE ASSET INEQUALITY AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL CAPITAL INVESTMENT CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES DATA SET DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DISPOSABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS DURABLE GOODS DYNAMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC REVIEW PAPERS ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENDOGENOUS GROWTH EQUAL ACCESS EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS EXPECTED UTILITY GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH EFFECT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH THEORIES HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME INEQUALITY DATA INCOMES INEQUALITY INHERITANCE INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LONG RUN LONG-RUN GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS MARGINAL EFFECT MEDIAN INCOME MERITOCRACY MIDDLE CLASS MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA NEGATIVE EFFECT OLD ISSUES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL EQUILIBRIUM POLITICAL FORCES POLITICAL INFLUENCE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEM POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INPUTS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INTERVENTION PUBLIC PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RENT SEEKING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL AREAS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT FACTOR SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL SERVICES STANDARD DEVIATION TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEQUAL SOCIETIES URBAN POPULATION UTILITY FUNCTION VOTERS WAGES WEALTH
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The Political Economy of Public Spending on Education, Inequality, and Growth

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