Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education

This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector. Resource availability per pupil has increased significantly over the past decade in a number of countries; often in attempting to exploit the link between educational attainment and g...

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Main Author: Sutherland, Douglas (-)
Other Authors: Price, Robert, Joumard, Isabelle, Nicq, Chantal
Format: eBook Section
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2007.
Series:OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.546.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705732406719
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Summary:This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector. Resource availability per pupil has increased significantly over the past decade in a number of countries; often in attempting to exploit the link between educational attainment and growth. However, available evidence reveals only a weak correlation between increased resource availability and pupil performance. In order to draw cross-country comparisons...
Physical Description:1 online resource (66 p. )