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Can Education Targets be Met Without Increasing Public Spending? An Analysis for Brazilian Municipalities

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  • Fabiana Rocha

    (University of São Paulo)

  • Plinio Portela de Oliveira

    (Brazilian National Treasury Secretariat)

  • Janete Duarte

    (Brazilian National Treasury Secretariat)

  • Sérgio Ricardo de Brito Gadelha

    (Brazilian National Treasury Secretariat)

  • Luis Felipe Vital Nunes Pereira

    (Brazilian National Treasury Secretariat)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficiency of public spending education by local governments in Brazil and to evaluate whether the financial resources that municipalities allocate to education are sufficient to guarantee that they achieve the quality targets established for 2021. We assume that family background (measured by parent´s education) is a fixed input in the short run, and that municipalities only have control over the amount they spend on education. Results indicate that the amount of non-efficiently spent resources is significant and that most local governments could actually meet their targets without additional resources, only by moving to best practices.

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  • Fabiana Rocha & Plinio Portela de Oliveira & Janete Duarte & Sérgio Ricardo de Brito Gadelha & Luis Felipe Vital Nunes Pereira, 2017. "Can Education Targets be Met Without Increasing Public Spending? An Analysis for Brazilian Municipalities," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 37(1), pages 391-401.
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    efficiency; expenditures; education; municipalities;
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    JEL classification:

    • H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
    • H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues

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