Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children

This paper expands the analysis of equal opportunities by connecting traditional benefit incidence analysis of public spending with the human opportunity index, a distribution sensitive measure of access to public services. It also develops ex-ante micro-simulations to determine the cost of equalizi...

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Main Authors: Cuesta, José, Abras, Ana
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16191
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spelling okr-10986-161912021-04-23T14:03:27Z Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children Cuesta, José Abras, Ana equality of opportunity education redistribution simulations This paper expands the analysis of equal opportunities by connecting traditional benefit incidence analysis of public spending with the human opportunity index, a distribution sensitive measure of access to public services. It also develops ex-ante micro-simulations to determine the cost of equalizing educational opportunities. This technique is applied to Liberia, a country devastated by civil war with serious educational enrollment gaps and policies highly dependent on international aid. Results from simulated increases in teachers’ salaries, elimination of fee and non-fee costs and targeted public educational spending on rural schools all point to very modest redistributive effects but distinctive patterns of winners and losers among Liberian children. 2013-10-17T21:32:06Z 2013-10-17T21:32:06Z 2013-09-12 Journal Article Journal of Economic Policy Reform 1748-7870 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16191 en_US http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Liberia
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education
redistribution
simulations
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education
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simulations
Cuesta, José
Abras, Ana
Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children
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description This paper expands the analysis of equal opportunities by connecting traditional benefit incidence analysis of public spending with the human opportunity index, a distribution sensitive measure of access to public services. It also develops ex-ante micro-simulations to determine the cost of equalizing educational opportunities. This technique is applied to Liberia, a country devastated by civil war with serious educational enrollment gaps and policies highly dependent on international aid. Results from simulated increases in teachers’ salaries, elimination of fee and non-fee costs and targeted public educational spending on rural schools all point to very modest redistributive effects but distinctive patterns of winners and losers among Liberian children.
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author Cuesta, José
Abras, Ana
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Abras, Ana
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title Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children
title_short Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children
title_full Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children
title_fullStr Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children
title_full_unstemmed Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children
title_sort education and equal opportunities among liberian children
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16191
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