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Inequality in the Public Provision of Education: Why It Matters

Next article No AccessPresidential AddressInequality in the Public Provision of Education: Why It MattersDonald B. HolsingerDonald B. Holsinger Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 49, Number 3August 2005 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/431319 Views: 189Total views on this site Citations: 18Citations are reported from Crossref © 2005 by the Comparative and International Education Society. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Chunlin Yao Is a One-Way English Immersion Teaching Approach Equitable to Those Chinese Non-English Major Students from Rural Areas?, Education and Urban Society 54, no.44 (Jun 2021): 470–486.https://doi.org/10.1177/00131245211027514Anis Ochi, Yosra Saidi Do Tunisian Children Have an Equal Chance to Access to School 8 Years After Revolution?, Journal of the Knowledge Economy 138 (May 2021).https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-021-00790-1Alessandro Crociata, Iacopo Odoardi, Massimiliano Agovino, Pier Luigi Sacco A missing link? Cultural capital as a source of human capital: evidence from Italian regional data, The Annals of Regional Science 64, no.11 (Nov 2019): 79–109.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-019-00954-7Nathan M. Castillo, Daniel A. Wagner Early-grade reading support in rural South Africa: A language-centred technology approach, International Review of Education 65, no.33 (May 2019): 389–408.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-019-09779-0Görkemli Kazar, Rukiye Çapanoğlu Eğitimdeki Eşitsizliğin Değerlendirilmesi, Üniversite Araştırmaları Dergisi 2, no.11 (Apr 2019): 18–24.https://doi.org/10.32329/uad.550541Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui, Nga Thi Hang Ngo, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Hang Thu Le Nguyen Access and Equity in Higher Education in Light of Bourdieu’s Theories: A Case of Minority Students in Northwest Vietnam, (Nov 2019): 149–169.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8918-4_9Paul Glewwe, Sofya Krutikova, and Caine Rolleston Do Schools Reinforce or Reduce Learning Gaps between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Students? Evidence from Vietnam and Peru, Economic Development and Cultural Change 65, no.44 (May 2017): 699–739.https://doi.org/10.1086/691993Nguyen Duc Chinh, Le Thuy Linh, Tran Huong Quynh, Nguyen Thi Ha Inequality of Access to English Language Learning in Primary Education in Vietnam, (Jan 2014): 139–153.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-692-9_11Rania Tfaily, Hassan Diab, Andrzej Kulczycki Educational Disparities and Conflict: Evidence from Lebanon, Research in Comparative and International Education 8, no.11 (Mar 2013): 55–73.https://doi.org/10.2304/rcie.2013.8.1.55Moosung Lee, Tom Friedrich Citation Network Analysis of Comparative Education Texts, (Jan 2011): 113–144.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-722-6_7Iris BenDavid- Hadar The Academic Achievement Gap in Israel: Inequality in Education, (Dec 2009): 115–132.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3524-0_8Danièle Bélanger, Jianye Liu Education and inequalities in rural Vietnam in the 1990s, Asia Pacific Journal of Education 28, no.11 (Mar 2008): 51–65.https://doi.org/10.1080/02188790701845980W. James Jacob, Donald B. Holsinger Inequality in Education: A Critical Analysis, (Jan 2008): 1–33.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2652-1_1Matthew E. Burt, Park Namgi Education Inequality in the Republic of Korea: Measurement and Causes, (Jan 2008): 261–289.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2652-1_11W. Joshua Rew Provincial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Education: A Descriptive Study of Vietnam, (Jan 2008): 307–323.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2652-1_13Luis Crouch, Martin Gustafsson, Pablo Lavado Measuring Educational Inequality in South Africa and Peru, (Jan 2008): 461–484.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2652-1_20Donald B. Holsinger, W. James Jacob Education Inequality and Academic Achievement, (Jan 2008): 558–567.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2652-1_24Donald B. Holsinger The Distribution of Education in Vietnam: Why Does Equality Matter?, (): 191–216.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9377-7_12

Public Capital and Economic Performance: Evidence from Italy

This paper addresses the issue of whether and by how much public capital can enhance economic performance. We apply different methodologies to Italian regional data for the period 1970-1994. The results are presented for Italy as a whole and for different macroregions, and for individual categories of public capital. For the Center and the South, the methodologies employed indicate a positive contribution of infrastructure investment to TFP growth, output, and cost reduction. However, the magnitude of the cost reducing effect does not seem large enough to outweigh the social user cost of public capital. Also, we get mixed results on which types of infrastructure are most effective. Overall, investment in transportation appears to be the most productive: railways in the North and roads in the Center and South are the categories that mostly contributed to TFP growth.