The Impact of Ethnic Heterogeneityon the Quantity and Quality of Public Spending
March 1, 2000
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Summary
The paper investigates empirically the impact of ethnic heterogeneity on the amount of public spending on health and education and the quality, or “technical efficiency” of spending. While it finds partial evidence for the claim that more heterogeneous societies spend less on public goods, it suggests that heterogeneity significantly affects the efficiency of public expenditure outcomes in terms of social indicators. The results suggest that the impact of heterogeneity on public expenditure outcomes is not just a public choice problem, but also an issue of “technical efficiency.”
Subject: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Health, Health care spending
Keywords: Africa, Education spending, ethnic heterogeneity, GDP, GDP ratio, government spending, Health care spending, heterogeneous society, policy choice, public expenditure outcome, public goods, public health expenditure outcome, public spending, society, spending regression, WP
Pages:
20
Volume:
2000
DOI:
Issue:
049
Series:
Working Paper No. 2000/049
Stock No:
WPIEA0492000
ISBN:
9781451846836
ISSN:
1018-5941
