In this paper we confirm the universality of steadily rising education expenditures among OECD nations, as predicted by … future. However, we find that while the level of education costs in America is significantly higher than that of all other … OECD countries, education spending per student in the United States is increasing about as quickly as it is in many other …

grant, STAR changes the price of education, thereby altering the incentives of voters and school officials and leading to … inequities in New York State’s education finance system, particularly compared to an equal-cost increase in state aid. This … article should be of interest to policy makers involved in property taxes or other aspects of education finance. © 2014 …

Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest … spread of public primary education in developed economies. We identify the former and the lack of the latter to be important …

Almost all workers are educated at least to the upper secondary level and vocational education contributes to one of … the most successful transition performances of youth to employment in the OECD. Higher education enjoys an excellent … placements of Swiss universities in international rankings. Participation in continuous education is among the largest in the …

Israel’s education system is complicated by multiple streams at the primary and secondary levels and by military … conscription. Population growth and economic expansion have brought a massive increase in demand for all levels of education … of compulsory education. As in other socio-economic spheres, there are significant gaps between Arab-Israelis and the …

scores are low, a large number of tertiary students study abroad, and attainment rates are low at all levels of education …. Resources devoted to education are also modest. Participation in early childhood education and care is particularly low …, influencing education outcomes in later years, the child care sector is poorly regulated and under–developed, and the separate …

The paper studies the optimal education policy of a budget-constrained utilitarian government. Households differ in … information. Households can choose to use private education, but cannot borrow to finance it. The results we obtain are striking …. The optimal education policy is elitist: it increases the spread between the education achievement of the bright and the …

This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector …...<P>Indicateurs de performance de l'efficacité des dépenses publiques d'éducation dans l'enseignement primaire et secondaire …<BR>Ce document évalue les possibilités d'accroître l'efficacité des dépenses publiques d'éducation dans l'enseignement primaire et …

The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part … of the post–secondary education system, equipping individuals with the skills to enter or re–enter the labour force and …

spend comparatively few years in formal education, and the quality of the education they receive is lower than in other OECD … countries. This paper discusses the performance of education services up to the upper secondary level. It assesses both the … efficiency (outcome for money invested) and the equity of the system and shows that the education system has to be improved …