Politics Before Pupils? Electoral Cycles and School Resources in India
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Keywords
institutions; school resources; political cycle; public goods; voter turnout; India;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2014-08-25 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-DEV-2014-08-25 (Development)
- NEP-EDU-2014-08-25 (Education)
- NEP-POL-2014-08-25 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-URE-2014-08-25 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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