Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children

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Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children

dc.contributor.author	Cuesta, José
dc.contributor.author	Abras, Ana
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-17T21:32:06Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-17T21:32:06Z
dc.date.issued	2013-09-12
dc.description.abstract	This paper expands the analysis of equal opportunities by connecting traditional benefit incidence analysis of public spending with the human opportunity index, a distribution sensitive measure of access to public services. It also develops ex-ante micro-simulations to determine the cost of equalizing educational opportunities. This technique is applied to Liberia, a country devastated by civil war with serious educational enrollment gaps and policies highly dependent on international aid. Results from simulated increases in teachers’ salaries, elimination of fee and non-fee costs and targeted public educational spending on rural schools all point to very modest redistributive effects but distinctive patterns of winners and losers among Liberian children.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Economic Policy Reform
dc.identifier.issn	1748-7870
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16191
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.relation.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	equality of opportunity
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	redistribution
dc.subject	simulations
dc.title	Education and Equal Opportunities among Liberian Children	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2013-10-01
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.journal.nbpages	237-58
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Liberia
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17487870.2013.816631
okr.sector	Education :: Pre-primary education
okr.sector	Education :: Primary education
okr.sector	Education :: Secondary education
okr.sector	Education :: General education sector
okr.theme	Social protection and risk management :: Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.theme	Human development :: Education for all
okr.topic	Education::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.volume	16(3)
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