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Ness, Erik C.; Tandberg, David A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Our fixed-effects panel data analysis of state spending on higher education fills a near void of studies examining capital expenditures on higher education. In our study, we found that political characteristics (e.g., interest group activity, organizational structure, and formal powers) largely account for differences between general fund and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Funding Formulas, State Aid, Expenditures
Holmlund, Helena; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
In the UK, education is the third largest area of government spending (of which school spending has the largest share). Since 2000, school expenditure has increased by about 40 per cent in real terms for both primary and secondary schools (see Figure 1). The question as to whether such investment is worthwhile is of central importance. The…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Academic Achievement, English, Achievement Gains