Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26428 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2383
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Student achievement has been identified as important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the relationship between redistributive government activities and investment in human capital measured by student performance in international comparative tests in Mathematics and Science during the period 1980 to 2003. In fixed effects panel models, government consumption, government social expenditures, and the progressivity of the income tax system have negative effects on student achievement. We report results from a variety of model specifications and social expenditure components, and our best estimate indicates that increased government size by 10 percent reduces student achievement by 0.1 standard deviations.
JEL: 
H2
I2
C33
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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