Sectoral adjustment in government expenditure in the 1970s: The educational sector in Latin America

Heller, Peter; Cheasty, Adrienne

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“…Much of the recent literature has tried to quantify the tradeoffs between defense, education, and health --typically the three largest programs. Heller and Cheasty (1983) examined 27 middle-income countries to see how education expenditures changed when budgets were cut between 1965 and 1978. Expecting to find that education was fairly elastic, instead they found a certain 'resilience' in education expenditures.…”

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Defense expenditures and budgetary patterns in selected middle eastern and mediterranean countries: an assessment

Looney¹,

Frederiksen

1996

Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting &Amp; Financial Management

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This paper examines the relationship between defense spending and budgetary allocations to various programs for twelve Middle Eastern and North African/Mediterranean countries in an attempt to see if spending patterns vary systematically with changes (both anticipated and unanticipated) in the budget deficit or defense expenditures. Detailed results are presented for Syria and Oman although general patterns are discussed for all countries. Not surprisingly, we found that budget tradeoffs are complex and reflect different priorities across countries. Increases in deficits can either offset or reinforce changes in defense spending. Defense and socio-economic tradeoffs vary considerably depending on whether the country spends relatively a lot or little on defense. We conclude that there are probably some long-run costs associated with sample countries cutting growth intensive programs to accommodate defense.

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“…Heller and Cheasty (1983) examined 27 middle-income countries to see how education expenditures changed when budgets were cut between 1965 and 1978. Expecting to find that education was fairly elastic, instead they found a certain 'resilience' in education expenditures.…”

Section: Review Of the Literaturementioning

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Defense expenditures and budgetary patterns in selected middle eastern and mediterranean countries: an assessment

Looney¹,

Frederiksen

1996

Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting &Amp; Financial Management

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“…tion of elementary education, and predominant levels of widespread illiteracy (Tilak, 1982).2 Thus although, under normal conditions, public financing of education is least significantly influenced by economic factors, one may still logically fear that a worsening of economic conditions will exert a negative influence on the allocation of resources to education (see Lewin, 1987;Orivel, 1986;and Heller and Cheasty, 1984), as policymakers find education to be an easy scapegoat under such circumstances, and susceptible to preachments about austerity. This may be especially so since policymakers are slow to recognize the investment nature of education, not only because the benefits of education are intangible, but because the benefits are not immediately forthcoming.…”

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The Recession and Public Investment in Education in Latin America

Tilak¹

1989

J. inter-Am. stud. world aff.

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. . Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Miami is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs. IT IS THE MOST COMMON presumption that the relative priority accorded to education in an economy is significantly determined by economic conditions, particularly by the national income per capita and the budget. However, under normal conditions of economic well-being, allocation of resources to education is generally found to be least influenced by economic factors in any important way. Economic ability factors like GNP per capita and public spending on education are not significantly related.1 Neither are criteria for efficiency, like the rate of return to education, found to influence policies which allocate resources to education (see Tilak, 1982). Further, neither are educational planners guided by the manpower needs of the economy, nor even by social factorslike constitutional directives on universaliza-Jandhyala B. G.

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Educational finance in recession

Lewin

1986

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Sectoral adjustment in government expenditure in the 1970s: The educational sector in Latin America

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Defense expenditures and budgetary patterns in selected middle eastern and mediterranean countries: an assessment

Defense expenditures and budgetary patterns in selected middle eastern and mediterranean countries: an assessment

The Recession and Public Investment in Education in Latin America

Educational finance in recession

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