Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain

Several arguments derived from fiscal federalism theory suggest that decentralization may improve the provision of public goods and services. However, theory remains inconclusive regarding these effects under partial decentralization. The aim of this study is to examine this hypothesis by evaluating...

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Autores: Salinas Peña, Paula, Solé Ollé, Albert
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/134419
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Palabra clave:Descentralització administrativa
Economia de l'educació
Reforma de l'educació
Política educativa
Decentralization in government
Economy of the education
Educational change
Educational policy
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spelling Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for SpainSalinas Peña, PaulaSolé Ollé, AlbertDescentralització administrativaEconomia de l'educacióReforma de l'educacióPolítica educativaDecentralization in governmentEconomy of the educationEducational changeEducational policySeveral arguments derived from fiscal federalism theory suggest that decentralization may improve the provision of public goods and services. However, theory remains inconclusive regarding these effects under partial decentralization. The aim of this study is to examine this hypothesis by evaluating the effects on educational outcomes of the partial fiscal decentralization reform that took place in Spain during the 1980s. Since education competences were devolved to the regions at different points in time, we can consistently estimate the effects of this reform by applying the differences-in-differences method and by using the non-decentralized regions as the comparison group. We find that the reform had a sizeable impact on the percentage of students dropping out early from school. The effects are much stronger for regions with a high level of revenues. We also find that the effects are concentrated in the high-school program and that the reform was not able to improve educational outcomes in the vocational program. We interpret these results as evidence that decentralization improved the match between education policy and population preferences.Elsevier2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/134419Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2018.08.003Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, vol. 107, num. September, p. 31-46https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2018.08.003cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2018http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1344192026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
title Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
spellingShingle Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
Salinas Peña, Paula
Descentralització administrativa
Economia de l'educació
Reforma de l'educació
Política educativa
Decentralization in government
Economy of the education
Educational change
Educational policy
title_short Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
title_full Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
title_fullStr Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
title_full_unstemmed Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
title_sort Partial fiscal decentralization reforms and educational outcomes: A difference-in-differences analysis for Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Salinas Peña, Paula
Solé Ollé, Albert
author Salinas Peña, Paula
author_facet Salinas Peña, Paula
Solé Ollé, Albert
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author2 Solé Ollé, Albert
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Descentralització administrativa
Economia de l'educació
Reforma de l'educació
Política educativa
Decentralization in government
Economy of the education
Educational change
Educational policy
topic Descentralització administrativa
Economia de l'educació
Reforma de l'educació
Política educativa
Decentralization in government
Economy of the education
Educational change
Educational policy
description Several arguments derived from fiscal federalism theory suggest that decentralization may improve the provision of public goods and services. However, theory remains inconclusive regarding these effects under partial decentralization. The aim of this study is to examine this hypothesis by evaluating the effects on educational outcomes of the partial fiscal decentralization reform that took place in Spain during the 1980s. Since education competences were devolved to the regions at different points in time, we can consistently estimate the effects of this reform by applying the differences-in-differences method and by using the non-decentralized regions as the comparison group. We find that the reform had a sizeable impact on the percentage of students dropping out early from school. The effects are much stronger for regions with a high level of revenues. We also find that the effects are concentrated in the high-school program and that the reform was not able to improve educational outcomes in the vocational program. We interpret these results as evidence that decentralization improved the match between education policy and population preferences.
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