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35 p, 821.2 KB Higher education and economic development : can public funding restrain the returns from tertiary education? / Azar Dufrechou, Paola ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper examines whether the contribution of tertiary education toeconomic growth and income per capita depends on the structure of publiceducation budgets. The analysis resorts to a panel of 41 countries over theperiod 1970-2010. [...]
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada 2018 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 1802)  
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46 p, 411.2 KB Electoral politics and the diffusion of primary sch ooling : evidence from Uruguay, 1914-1954 / Azar Dufrechou, Paola ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Based on the compilation of Uruguayan department-level data, this paper argues that the extent of fiscal commitment to primary education during the first half of the 20th century can be explained by the interests of tactically motivated politicians. [...]
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada 2018 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 1801)  
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152 p, 2.3 MB Public education spending: efficiency, productivity and politics / Azar Dufrechou, Paola ; Roca i Sagalés, Oriol, dir. ; Herranz Loncán, Alfonso, dir. ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Existe un amplio consenso, tanto entre académicos como entre decisores políticos, sobre el cúmulo de beneficios derivados de la educación. Mejorar el nivel educativo de la población se ha identificado como un factor clave para el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo; pero también para el avance de la democracia, la movilidad social y la realización individual. [...]
The numerous benefits arising from education have become a consensual issue among scholars and policy-makers. Education has been recognized as a key factor of economic growth and development; and also of democracy, social mobility and individual fulfillment. [...]

[Barcelona] : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2017.  

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