Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia
In this paper I evaluate the impact of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia. I use data from Colombia's municipalities. I look at the effect of the 2001 reform on enrolment in pre-college schools. While all municipalities received earnmarked national transfers, withthe reform some of th...
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- Reglamentación, control, apoyo gubernamentales
Decentralization
Education reform
Quasi-experiments
Colombia
Descentralización administrativa
Reforma educativa::Colombia
Política educativa::Colombia
Matricula en educación
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Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in ColombiaReglamentación, control, apoyo gubernamentalesDecentralizationEducation reformQuasi-experimentsColombiaDescentralización administrativaReforma educativa::ColombiaPolítica educativa::ColombiaMatricula en educaciónIn this paper I evaluate the impact of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia. I use data from Colombia's municipalities. I look at the effect of the 2001 reform on enrolment in pre-college schools. While all municipalities received earnmarked national transfers, withthe reform some of then now have more responsabilities to provide education (deeper decen-tralization) than others. Particulary important, the reform entitle the more decentralizedmunicipalities to sign subsidy contracts with private school. Departments (the regional gov-ernments) are entitle to sign this type of contracts for the less decentralized municipalities.Since the rule for municipalities to receive more responsabilities follows and exogenous popu-lation threshold, I can implement Regression Discontinuity Design. Enrolment is measuredthrough two variables: the number of students enroled in public schools and the number of subsidized students enroled in private schools. Results sugest that more decentralized mu-nicipalities subsidize more students in private schools. The difference is significant at all thelevels of pre-college school for the period 2004-2006. In 2005, the difference accounts for20% of enrolment in private schools and 3% of population of school age. Besides, there are not significant differences among municipalities regarding enrolment in public schools.Universidad del RosarioFacultad de Economía2010-062015-10-05T15:06:48Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_804243 páginasRecurso electrónicoapplication/pdfDocumentohttps://doi.org/10.48713/10336_10959 Universidad del Rosario, Facultad de Economíahttp://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/10959instname:Universidad del Rosarioinstname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURenghttps://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000092/007182.htmlhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Cortés Cortés, Darwinoai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/109592019-09-19T07:37:01Z |
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Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia |
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Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia |
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Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia Reglamentación, control, apoyo gubernamentales Decentralization Education reform Quasi-experiments Colombia Descentralización administrativa Reforma educativa::Colombia Política educativa::Colombia Matricula en educación |
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Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia |
title_full |
Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia |
title_fullStr |
Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia |
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Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia |
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Do more decentralized local governments do better? an evaluation of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia |
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Reglamentación, control, apoyo gubernamentales Decentralization Education reform Quasi-experiments Colombia Descentralización administrativa Reforma educativa::Colombia Política educativa::Colombia Matricula en educación |
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Reglamentación, control, apoyo gubernamentales Decentralization Education reform Quasi-experiments Colombia Descentralización administrativa Reforma educativa::Colombia Política educativa::Colombia Matricula en educación |
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In this paper I evaluate the impact of the 2001 decentralization reform in Colombia. I use data from Colombia's municipalities. I look at the effect of the 2001 reform on enrolment in pre-college schools. While all municipalities received earnmarked national transfers, withthe reform some of then now have more responsabilities to provide education (deeper decen-tralization) than others. Particulary important, the reform entitle the more decentralizedmunicipalities to sign subsidy contracts with private school. Departments (the regional gov-ernments) are entitle to sign this type of contracts for the less decentralized municipalities.Since the rule for municipalities to receive more responsabilities follows and exogenous popu-lation threshold, I can implement Regression Discontinuity Design. Enrolment is measuredthrough two variables: the number of students enroled in public schools and the number of subsidized students enroled in private schools. Results sugest that more decentralized mu-nicipalities subsidize more students in private schools. The difference is significant at all thelevels of pre-college school for the period 2004-2006. In 2005, the difference accounts for20% of enrolment in private schools and 3% of population of school age. Besides, there are not significant differences among municipalities regarding enrolment in public schools. |
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