Education Spending Research Articles

Relationship Between World Happiness Index, Hoefstede Cultural Dimensions And Government Education Spending

The author analyzes the interplay between the World Happiness Index and a nuanced array of seven variables in this research. Specifically, the focus extends to the Hofstede Cultural Dimensions, encompassing six distinct facets and the financial allocations dedicated to government education spending. The author starts with a literature survey on the profound domains of happiness and wellbeing. Building upon this foundation, the author posits the Hofstede Cultural Dimensions and Government Education Expenditures as prospective variables that may yield a discernible influence on the World Happiness Index. A dataset spanning 58 countries and analytical methodologies of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression and Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares (IRLS) regression are used to test this conjecture. The outcome of this study reveals compelling insights into the association between the World Happiness Index and the identified variables. The results underscore a discernible relationship between the World Happiness Index and specific dimensions of cultural orientation, such as individualism, long-term orientation, and indulgence. Furthermore, the study reveals that government investment in education is another factor influencing the overarching landscape of happiness. These findings transcend mere statistical findings; they serve as beacons of knowledge with far-reaching implications for education policymakers, educators, and individuals interested in understanding the complexities of cultural variations, educational dynamics, and overall wellbeing. The implications of this research can offer relevant information to those who navigate the intricate intersections of cultural diversity, education policy, and the pursuit of societal happiness, such as education policymakers, educators and anyone interested in the issues of cultural differences, education, and wellbeing.

The impact of austerity on children: Uncovering effect heterogeneity by political, economic, and family factors in low- and middle-income countries

Which children are most vulnerable when their government imposes austerity? Research tends to focus on either the political-economic level or the family level. Using a sample of nearly two million children in 67 countries, this study synthesizes theories from family sociology and political science to examine the heterogeneous effects on child poverty of economic shocks following the implementation of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program. To discover effect heterogeneity, we apply machine learning to policy evaluation. We find that children's average probability of falling into poverty increases by 14 percentage points. We find substantial effect heterogeneity, with family wealth and governments' education spending as the two most important moderators. In contrast to studies that emphasize the vulnerability of low-income families, we find that middle-class children face an equally high risk of poverty. Our results show that synthesizing family and political factors yield deeper knowledge of how economic shocks affect children.

Public education expenditure and corporate human capital: Evidence from China

The coordinated development of public education spending, human capital accumulation, and economic growth is a prerequisite for the virtuous cycle of regional economic development. The research results indicate that provincial-level public education expenditure has a positive impact on corporate human capital expenditure, and this impact is more pronounced in the western regions and non-state-owned enterprises. Based on this, the Chinese government should establish a long-term mechanism to ensure a certain level of public education investment in the future.

PENGARUH BELANJA PENDIDIKAN, BELANJA KESEHATAN DAN BELANJA INFRASTRUKTUR TERHADAP INDEKS PEMBANGUNAN MANUSIA DI PROVINSI SULAWESI SELATAN TAHUN 2013 – 2022

Quality development does not merely reflect economic growth, but also refers to improving people's welfare as the main goal of development. A key role in achieving this goal is given to human development, which plays a vital role in improving people's welfare. Assessment of the level of community welfare generally uses certain indicators, and one of them is the Human Development Index (HDI). Government intervention in promoting human development is reflected in the allocation of functional expenditure on three main functions, namely health, education and infrastructure. The results show that partially, health spending has a negative but insignificant influence on welfare improvement. Meanwhile, infrastructure spending shows a positive but insignificant effect. On the other hand, education spending has a significant positive effect on improving community welfare. Overall, the three types of expenditure simultaneously had a significant effect on improving the Human Development Index in South Sulawesi Province. The implications of these findings can assist the government and stakeholders in designing more effective policies to accelerate human development and improve community welfare at the regional level.

Funding High-poverty School Districts: Federal Policy Tools and the Limits of Incentives

Abstract What can the federal government do to help ensure that the public schools attended by children living in poverty have enough resources to serve their students? In this brief, we describe existing federal efforts to support education spending in high-poverty districts, discuss their limitations, and suggest alternative approaches for federal policy. We focus especially on the Education Finance Incentive Grant (EFIG) formula—a part of the compensatory Title I grant program designed to encourage changes to state school finance policy—and show that the incentives embedded in the formula are in fact negligible; revising the formula to be more effective would be difficult. Further, any attempt to incentivize desirable state policy faces a fundamental trade-off: Such policy can reinforce inequality because districts in states that do not respond to the incentives by adopting desirable policies also do not receive (as much) federal funding. We argue that federal policy should be more attentive to state fiscal capacity because it is an important determinant of district-level school spending, and the federal government is uniquely positioned to address between-state inequality.

Determinan Perencanaan Pembangunan Manusia Di Pulau Jawa

The quality of human resources has an important contribution to the success of development in the context of increasing people's welfare. This research aims to identify the factors that make a major contribution to the increase in the HDI and examine the effect of poverty and unemployment on the achievement of quality human resource development. By using secondary data sources sourced from the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Directorate General of Fiscal Balance as well as the EViews analysis tool, the research results show that life expectancy, expected length of schooling, average length of schooling, spending per capita have a significant effect on the development of the quality of human resources on the island of Java. Meanwhile, poverty and unemployment have a negative impact on the development of the quality of human resources on the island of Java. The results of this research might be become a foundation for policy makers to explore education spending and health spending instruments to improve the quality of human resources. The results of the research also show that quality human resources are able to improve people's welfare through economic development, reducing poverty and unemployment. Keywords: Human development; economic development; education; health; poverty; unemployment

Multifaceted Regional Educational Inequality: Evidence from Türkiye

ABSTRACT Educational equality is a priority in sustaining economic and human development. This study examines regional educational inequality in Türkiye by considering educational attainment, income distribution, and education spending. Average years of schooling improved in all regions between 2008 and 2020. The Education Gini and Theil indexes indicate diminishing intra-regional inequality while significant inter-regional differences persist. The income Gini coefficient was unexpectedly found to be negatively correlated with equality in educational attainment for the country and three regions. The results also show the disproportionate dominance of the top income group in the distribution of education spending and the share of education in consumption expenditures. The growing gap in educational expenditures between the top and last quintiles accompanies rising educational attainment. The recent achievement in educational attainment needs to be followed by new programs that address social and spatial educational inequality in Türkiye.

Fiscal Policy and Child Poverty in Ethiopia

This study investigates the effects of public transfers and taxes on the wellbeing of children in Ethiopia. It applies the Commitment to Equity for Children (CEQ4C) methodology to examine the burdens of taxation and the benefits from government transfers and spending, and their differential wellbeing impacts on children. The study integrates data from the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey 2018/19, which also collected data on taxes and transfers, with administrative data. Measuring its distribution by child monetary and multidimensional wellbeing, the study finds, on average, a progressive, poverty-reducing and equalizing fiscal system. However, there are important differences in the distribution of some of its elements. Indirect taxes, comprising of VAT and excise taxes, are regressive. Similarly, primary education spending, the largest of in-kind transfers, is only progressive in urban areas. With regards to poverty and inequality, the fiscal system reduced the monetary child poverty headcount by 21% and the poverty gap by 33%. The effect is stronger for girls and children in rural areas than for boys and children in urban areas, therefore reducing inequalities in poverty rates. However, this is only the case when in-kind transfers for education and health are considered. Without the inclusion of in-kind transfers, the study finds that the fiscal system is not well calibrated to reduce poverty. This highlights the essential role of public services, not only in delivering fundamental child rights, but also in reducing poverty amongst children.

The Effect of Government Expenditure in Education, Health and Social Assistance Spending on the Poverty Rate of Yogyakarta Special Region Province

This study has the final results to determine the relationship between government spending in education, health and social assistance spending on poverty rates in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. This secondary data-based research has the form of a time series in 2012-2021, then the method used is multiple linear regression analysis with the OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) method. The results showed that programs on education implemented by the government of the Special Region of Yogyakarta through variable government spending in education were right on target and able to reduce poverty. but, variable government spending on health has not been able to reduce poverty and social assistance spending will increase poverty due to the effects of government dependence.

The poverty alleviation effect of transfer payments: evidence from China

Transfer payments play a crucial role in combating poverty in countries. However, the effectiveness of transfer payments in alleviating poverty remains controversial due to variations in environmental factors, economic development, and cultural contexts across different nations. In this study, we employ counterfactual causal inference to examine the influence of government transfer payments on poverty. By utilizing data from China, we present new evidence that sheds light on related issues. Our findings reveal that transfer payments have a negative impact on the overall income of rural poor households. This can be attributed to a decrease in labor supply among rural poor residents who receive such payments, resulting in reduced wage income. Additionally, transfer payments lead to decreased expenditure on food and increased spending on healthcare. These changes in total income and consumption patterns indicate that China’s current transfer payment policy has short-term efficacy by meeting the basic living security needs of rural poor residents and improving their health conditions. However, the lack of significant changes in education spending suggests that transfer payments have little long-term effect.

Resourceful futures: Integrating responsible mining and green education for sustainable development in developing and emerging economies

This paper examines the impact of coal mining efficiency, metal ore mining efficiency, and education spending on the sustainable development of ten Asian emerging and developing economies from 1995 to 2020. Results from CS-ARDL (Cross-sectional Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag) and ARDL models reveal that public education spending has no significant impact, while both coal mining efficiency and metal ore mining efficiency promote sustainability, with coal mining efficiency being the more influential factor due to its crucial role in manufacturing and power generation. Additionally, the challenges of larger populations and the variable alignment of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with sustainability practices are noted. Key policy implications include the need to foster a digital green finance market, liberalize trade flows, develop a circular economy in the mining industry, and encourage green FDI in sustainable mining projects.

Impact Factors for the Quality of Education -Evidence from the Enrollment Ratio of First Tier Universities

Huge differences in education levels can lead to a Matthew Effect on regional economic growth, so China has introduced many policies to promote the balanced development of education levels in various regions. A large number of researchers have investigated and researched the education level of each province from various aspects, However, there is still a research gap in the study of the enrollment ratio of first tier universities as an indicator of the education level. Therefore, this paper investigates the influencing factors on the rate of one college entrance examination in 2020 by collecting data on the enrollment ratio of first tier universities in each province, education expenditure, GDP per capital, disposable income per capital, public library collection per capital, student-teacher ratio of general high schools, and urban/rural population ratio, and carrying out correlation analyses on the data. It was found that all the research variables, except education expenditure, had a highly significant effect on the enrollment ratio of first tier universities when they were used as a single variable. And when multiple linear regressions were conducted, education expenditure had a significant negative effect on the enrollment ratio of first tier universities.It is recommended that while allocating regional education spending rationally, we should actively deploy economic and urban-rural development policies to boost peoples disposable income, strengthen teachers in each region, and promote the balance of education resources in each region.

Empirical analysis of solutions for metal ore mining sustainability

This study investigates the long-term sustainability of the metal ore mining industry in 16 ASEAN+6 countries participating in the Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia (CEPEA) during the period from 2005 to 2020. It focuses on the impact of various factors, including government spending on public education, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), inflation rates, green energy resilience, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The empirical model employed logarithmic transformations and the ARDL approach to analyze the data. The results reveal that increased public education spending leads to a reduction in energy intensity within the metal ore mining sector, with more pronounced effects observed in the long term. FDI has a positive influence on energy intensity in both the short and long term, reflecting a complex relationship. Inflation rates impact energy intensity due to short-term cost pressures and long-term sustainability considerations. Green energy resilience is associated with reduced energy intensity, driven by immediate efficiency gains and long-term sustainability. However, there is a concerning link between CO2 emissions and higher energy intensity in the industry, attributed to energy-intensive processes, resource extraction, regulatory limitations, economic growth, and sustainability requirements. To enhance industry sustainability in CEPEA economies, a comprehensive policy framework is recommended, emphasizing principles of the circular economy, stringent green corporate management systems, promotion of green FDI, education for sustainable development, and the utilization of big data and artificial intelligence to reduce energy intensity.

Is fair representation good for children? effects of electoral partisan bias in state legislatures on policies affecting children's health and well-being

Increasing evidence suggests that state policies impact constituents' health, but political determinants of health and health inequities remain understudied. Using state and year fixed-effects models, we determined the extent to which changes in electoral partisan bias in lower chambers of U.S. state legislatures (i.e., discrepancy between statewide vote share and seat share) were followed by changes in five state policies affecting children and families (1980–2019) and a composite of safety net programs (1999–2018). We examined effects on each policy and whether the effect was modified when bias was accompanied by unified party control. Next, we determined whether the effect differed depending on which party it favored. Less bias resulted only in higher AFDC/TANF benefits. Both pro-Democratic and pro-Republican bias was followed by decreased AFDC/TANF benefits and increased Medicaid benefits. AFDC/TANF recipients, unemployment benefits, minimum wage, and pre-K-12 education spending increased following pro-Democratic bias and decreased following pro-Republican bias. Estimated effects on the composite measure of safety net policies were all close to null. Some effects were modulated by unified party control. Results demonstrate that increasing fairness in elections is not a panacea by itself for increasing generosity of programs affecting children's well-being. Indeed, bias can be somewhat beneficial for the expansiveness of some policies. Furthermore, with the exception of unemployment benefits and AFDC/TANF recipients, Democrats have not been using the additional power that comes with electoral bias to spend more on major programs that benefit children. Finally, after decades in which electoral bias was in Democrats' favor, bias has started to shift toward Republicans in the last decade. This trend forecasts more cuts in almost all the policies in this study, especially education and AFDC/TANF recipients. There is a need for more research and advocacy emphasis on the political determinants of social determinants of health, especially at the state level.

Impact of Human Capital Development on Economic Progress: A Panel Data Analysis by Using Classical and Bayesian Estimates

This comparative research debates a magnified role of human capital development in selected developed, developing economies and less developing economies, including Pakistan. Between 1990 and 2019, two-panel data analysis techniques were employed, one classical and the other Bayesian. The key objective of this study was to investigate the impact of human capital development on economic growth, and also suggest the best statistical techniques for developing an appropriate model. GDP is the dependent variable, whereas the independent variables are human capital, physical capital, physical and human capital growth, health expenditure, education spending, and life expectancy rate. For the optimal model, both Bayesian and classical approaches were used to analyze the appropriate model. Empirical evidence has shown that human capital is the most important factor and is directly correlated with growth in any economy Furthermore, the findings suggested that Bayesian techniques produce more appropriate models for policy implications than classical techniques.

Gender equality, economic growth, and poverty in Côte d’Ivoire: A quantitative analysis

In this paper, we develop a three-period gender-based Overlapping Generations (OLG) model of economic growth for Côte d’Ivoire in which life expectancy is endogenized and the rate of change of the poverty rate is linked to the growth rate of output per capita. We then calibrate the model using the country-specific calibration data to illustrate the role of public policies in the model, and its implications for long-term growth, gender equality, and poverty in Côte d’Ivoire. To this end, we discuss three sets of quantitative experiments: broad-based development policies (increase in education spending and infrastructure investment, and governance reform), gender-based policies (reduction in gender bias in the market place, increase in women’s bargaining power, and reduction in family bias against girls’ education), and a composite reform program (combination of pro-growth, pro-gender policies). Overall, our findings suggest that Côte d’Ivoire could achieve better growth and poverty outcomes if the country could implement a composite reform program that includes comprehensive development and gender-based policies.

EFFECTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BENIN

The development of human capital is a lever for sustainable economic growth. This study analyzes the importance of human capital in the process of economic growth in Benin. It was carried out on time series from 1990 to 2020. The analysis was based on the Toda Yamamoto causality test, and estimates were made using an autoregressive lag-staggered model (ARDL). The causality test reveals that spending on education causes gross domestic product per capita. The estimates show that education spending has a negative influence on the country's economic growth, while health spending and the gross secondary school enrolment rate have a positive influence in both the short and long term. However, these variables do not have a significant effect on gross domestic product per capita in the long term, while in the short term, it is only health spending that does not have a significant effect on Benin's economic growth.

Transforming the financing of education at the mid-point of the sustainable development goals

The failure to address strategic issues in the financing of education is undermining progress towards SDG4. The Heads of State ‘Transforming Education Summit’ (TES) at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2022 outlined a progressive new agenda on financing. This new agenda includes recommending a much deeper engagement by the education community, nationally and internationally, in addressing action on tax reform, action on debt and action on wider macroeconomic policies around austerity. The TES finance agenda calls for a more strategic dialogue on financing between different ministries and argues that education spending needs to be understood as investment not consumption. Whilst it is now clear what needs to be done to transform the financing of education, little progress has been made over the past year in assuming this bold agenda.

The Status of Left-behind Children in Rural Areas under the Background of Parents Migration

The group of left-behind children in China has long been characterized by large-scale and numerous challenges, among which the education of left-behind children has been the center of attention and a contentious topic. In China, there were 170 million rural migrant laborers by 2022. Rural migration may have a significant positive influence on the families, communities, and work force of the migrants as well as on themselves personally. It is important to investigate how these massive rural migratory workers affect the family unit, particularly their children. The object of this paper is the left-behind children in rural areas under the background of parents migration. There are two main research directions: the first is the behavioral problems of left-behind children in rural areas under the background of parents migration and the causes and countermeasures of the behavioral problems; the second is the education status of left-behind children in rural areas under the background of parents migration. Children whose parents migrated had a considerably greater overall frequency of behavior problem than children who were not left behind. When one parent migrated, the likelihood of problem behavior in the children was much higher when the mother migrated than when the father migrated. Childrens academic performance is significantly influenced by aspects related to education, including family education spending, involvement in education, and supervision in school.

For things to remain the same, everything must change? Studying National front’s and National rally’s platforms on education

ABSTRACT The Rassemblement national, or National Rally (previously known as Front national, or National Front, until 2018) has been the only European far-right party that has constantly been among the major political organizations of its country since the 1980s. However, its agendas, ideas and proposals on education are relatively unknown and have barely been studied. Its manifestos, from its rise in the 1980s to the mid-2000s, showed a mix of a conservative perception of school curricula, an intense hostility towards teachers and a market-oriented approach of education (including school vouchers). Since the party has been led by Marine le Pen in 2011, the National Front/National Rally’s agenda seems to have substantially changed, and now promotes state schools and professionals working in them, while opposing any cuts in educational spending. The idea this research wants to investigate is that such a shift is actually limited, as it does not change what could be theorized as a ‘pedagogical core’ of the French far-right, defined here as a stable corpus of proposals and beliefs towards education. This core has remained remarkably stable since the first platform of the party released in 1973: selective, pessimistic about the outcomes and effects of mass schooling, nationalistic.