TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gradstein,Mark
AU  - Dabla-Norris,Era
AU  - Gradstein,Mark
TI  - The Distributional Bias of Public Education: Causes and Consequences 
T2  - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper
SN  - 1451875029 :
SN  - 1018-5941
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - Education Spending
KW  - imf
KW  - Incidence Bias
KW  - Income Inequality
KW  - Inequality
KW  - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
KW  - Private Education
KW  - Bulgaria
KW  - Chile
KW  - Dominican Republic
KW  - Malaysia
KW  - Mozambique
N2  - While public education is often intended to be progressive in its effects on income distribution, in reality its incidence is often skewed toward the rich. This paper argues that the extent of this bias is directly related to institutional weaknesses in governance. We present a simple dynamic model where weak governing institutions allow the rich to be more effective in appropriating a larger share of public education spending thereby preventing inequality reduction. The empirical part provides tentative support for this view, showing that the progressiveness of public education spending is related to the strength of governance
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