Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
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2006-08Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of aid on education for about 100 countries over the period 1970-2005. We estimate a system of equations to test whether and to what extent the impact of sector-specific aid on educational attainment depends on (i) the extent to which aid adds to overall educational expenditure of the recipient government, (ii) the strength of the link between government expenditure and education, (iii) the quality of institutions in the recipient country, and (iv) whether aid encourages institutional reforms. According to our results, aid significantly increases primary school enrolment. This result is robust to the method of estimation, employing instruments to control for the endogeneity of aid, and the measure of institutional quality employed. The degree of institutional quality, however, has no robust impact on this relationship. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005277694Publication status
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichSubject
BEWERTUNG (ALLGEMEIN); ENTWICKLUNGSLÄNDER; STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL (BUSINESS ECONOMICS); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERZIEHUNG + BILDUNG + AUSBILDUNG; DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE + INTERGOVERNMENTAL AID (INTERNATIONAL LAW); ENTWICKLUNGSHILFE + ZWISCHENSTAATLICHE HILFE (INTERNATIONALES RECHT); EVALUATION (GENERAL); STATISTISCHE QUALITÄTSKONTROLLE (BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFT); EDUCATION + INSTRUCTION + TRAININGOrganisational unit
02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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