Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa

Yamauchi and Nishiyama are interested in the relationship between local inequality and the quality of human capital investment and growth. In this paper, they examine the impact of unequal income distribution on the ability of a community to finance local schools in South Africa. To this end, they c...

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Autores principales: Yamauchi, Futoshi, Nishiyama, Shinichi
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160602
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description Yamauchi and Nishiyama are interested in the relationship between local inequality and the quality of human capital investment and growth. In this paper, they examine the impact of unequal income distribution on the ability of a community to finance local schools in South Africa. To this end, they conduct two analyses, one empirical and the other based on simulations... This study clearly shows that income inequality negatively affects school fees and pulls down the average quality of education, which adversely affects human capital in the next generation. Policy interventions are needed to stop this vicious cycle. Government subsidies must be increased to those communities that are trapped in a situation where they cannot collect sufficient school fees to maintain an adequate education system.
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spelling CGSpace1606022025-11-06T04:35:10Z Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa Yamauchi, Futoshi Nishiyama, Shinichi willingness to pay human capital education Yamauchi and Nishiyama are interested in the relationship between local inequality and the quality of human capital investment and growth. In this paper, they examine the impact of unequal income distribution on the ability of a community to finance local schools in South Africa. To this end, they conduct two analyses, one empirical and the other based on simulations... This study clearly shows that income inequality negatively affects school fees and pulls down the average quality of education, which adversely affects human capital in the next generation. Policy interventions are needed to stop this vicious cycle. Government subsidies must be increased to those communities that are trapped in a situation where they cannot collect sufficient school fees to maintain an adequate education system. 2005 2024-11-21T09:51:17Z 2024-11-21T09:51:17Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160602 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yamauchi, Futoshi; Nishiyama, Shinichi. Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa. FCND Discussion Paper Brief. 201. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160602
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Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa
title Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa
title_full Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa
title_fullStr Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa
title_short Community, inequality, and local public goods: evidence from school financing in South Africa
title_sort community inequality and local public goods evidence from school financing in south africa
topic willingness to pay
human capital
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