A model of the impact of government revenue and quality of governance on schooling
Abstract
When governments have more revenue, they spend more on human capital, and spending is more effective in well-governed countries. Here, we use an equilibrium correction model to empirically investigate the relationship between government revenue per capita, six indicators of quality of governance, and school attendance, using an unbalanced panel dataset that includes nearly all countries. The results suggest a strong effect over time: as government revenue increases, school attendance rates increase, and the magnitude of this influence is mediated significantly by a country’s quality of governance. Interestingly, the impact of governance is more pronounced in primary education than it is in lower or upper secondary education. This model offers the ability to demonstrate the impact of increases and decreases in government revenue in an individual country while accounting for the impact of revenue on governance and the impact of both revenue and governance on school attendance.
Citation
Hall , S & O'Hare , B A-M 2024 , ' A model of the impact of government revenue and quality of governance on schooling ' , International Journal of Educational Development , vol. 108 , 103055 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103055
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International Journal of Educational Development
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0738-0593Type
Journal article
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