Does prioritizing education yield better learning outcomes? Evidence from Latin America
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hunter, Wendy | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Madrid, Raul | |
| dc.creator | Apfeld, Brendan Burns | |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0002-6506-2363 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-18T18:37:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-18T18:37:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-05 | |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2016 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-10-18T18:37:14Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | What effect does government prioritization of education have on education outcomes? I argue that when governments prioritize education, as measured by levels of relative spending and the average tenure of education ministry leadership, they can increase educational attainment. I test this hypothesis using data on test scores and graduation rates from two samples. In addition to relative spending and ministerial tenure, I also measure priority through absolute levels of spending and the cabinet rank of the education minister. The evidence from this study suggests the following four findings: absolute spending is not a strong predictor of education outcomes; relative spending is a strong predictor of the both test scores and graduation rates; average tenure of the minister of education is a strong predictor of test scores but not completion rates; and the rank of the education minister within the cabinet is a poor predictor of education outcomes. | |
| dc.description.department | Government | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.15781/T21R6N26W | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/41711 | |
| dc.subject | Prioritization | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.subject | Latin America | |
| dc.title | Does prioritizing education yield better learning outcomes? Evidence from Latin America | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Government | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Government | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts |