School decentralization: Helping the good get better, but leaving the poor behind

By Sebastian Galiani, Paul J. Gertler, Ernesto Schargrodsky. 2008

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Subfields: Education, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research

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Shaky Roads and Trembling Exports: Assessing the Trade Effects of Domestic Infrastructure Using a Natural Experiment (2012, background): “…estimator permits controlling for observed and unobserved time-invariant factors as well as time-varying ones common to both treated and comparison groups that might be correlated with being exposed to the negative infrastructure shock and exports (see, e.g., Galiani et al., 2008).”
Empowering parents to improve education: evidence from rural Mexico (2006, background): “Indeed, the lack of formal role for parents in the Argentine decentralization of schools may explain why Galiani et al (2008) found positive effects in wealthy communities, but no impact on schools in poorer communities.”
A joint model for mode choice and escort decisions of school trips (2015, background): “There has been a controversy among advocates of centralization and decentralization of schools in recent decades (Galiani et al. 2008).”
What Works to Improve the Quality of Student Learning in Developing Countries (2015, background): “(2008) found that test score gains resulting from the Argentinian decentralisation reform failed to reach the poorest students (Galiani et al., 2008).”
Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA (2011, unknown): “And when positive effects are found for specific decentralization programs in developing countries, they tend to be either restricted to schools located in non-poor municipalities (Galiani et al., 2008) or originate frommore comprehensive school reformprograms that simultaneously raised accountabili”
Roads, exports and employment: Evidence from a developing country (2017, background): “…for observed and unobserved firm(-region-sector)-product-destination time-invariant factors as well as time-varying ones common to both treated and comparison groups that might be correlated with being exposed to the positive infrastructure shock and exports (see, e.g., Galiani et al., 2008).”
The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance (2006, background): “punishments for teachers or schools based on test outcomes ( Galiani et al., 2005 ).”
Decentralization and access to social services in Colombia (2009, unknown): “Galiani et al. (2008) find that decentralization of school control from central to provincial governments in Argentina had a positive impact on student test scores.”