Who Benefits from Increased Access to Public Services at the Local Level? A Marginal Benefit Incidence Analysis for Education and Basic Infrastructure
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Benefit incidence analysis; education; basic infrastructure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
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