Decentralization, public spending, and other structural reforms

Structural reforms are essential for economic growth and development. This dissertation consists of three chapters in which I explore the new scope of structural reforms and the effect that some of them have on local state capacity. In particular, in the first chapter, I find the impact of public spending on academic performance under different institutional contexts related to administrative decentralization. In the second (with Fabio Sánchez and Jean-Paul Faguet), we explore the effects of decentralization on the historical gaps in the quality and provision of public services and the collection of local taxes. In the third chapter (with Sebastían Bustos, Luis Felipe Céspedes, and John León-Díaz), we present a methodological proposal to identify the areas for reform worldwide and the intensity with which they are discussed.

• Autores: Orduz Perdomo, María; Sánchez Torres, Fabio; Faguet, Jean-Paul; Bustos, Sebastián; Céspedes, Luis Felipe; León-Díaz, John
• Tipo de recurso: Doctoral thesis
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de los Andes
• Repositorio: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/64290
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/64290
• Palabra clave: Structural reforms; Narrative Approach; Text Analysis.; Academic performance; Per-pupil spending; Efficiency; Instrumental variable; Regression discontinuity; Decentralization; State capacity; Public services; Local taxes; Difference-in-difference; Structural reforms; Narrative approach; Text analysis; Economía
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/static/pdf/aceptacion_uso_es.pdf