A model of the impact of government revenue and quality of governance on schooling

Stephen  Hall; Bernadette Ann-Marie O'Hare

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103055

A model of the impact of government revenue and quality of governance on schooling

Stephen Hall, Bernadette Ann-Marie O'Hare^*

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	103055
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Educational Development
Volume	108
Early online date	11 May 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103055
Publication status	Published - Jul 2024

Keywords

Education
Out-of-school
Schooling
Government revenue
Governance
Government effectiveness
Corruption

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Tax systems and policy: crucial for good health and good governance
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A model of the impact of government revenue and the quality of governance on electricity and clean fuel use

T20 SOUTH AFRICA Policy Brief - Increasing financing at the country level to advance the SDGs using the Government Revenue and Development Estimations (GRADE)

Tax systems and policy: crucial for good health and good governance

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