Title:
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Do more educated leaders raise citizens’ education?
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Author:
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Díaz Serrano, Lluís; Pérez, Jessica Helen
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Other authors:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia; Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública |
Abstract:
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This paper looks at the contribution of political leaders to enhance citizens education and investigate how the educational attainment of the population is affected while a leader with higher education remains in office. For this purpose, we consider educational transitions of political leaders in office and find that the educational attainment of population increases when a more educated leader remains in office. Furthermore, we also observe that the educational attainment of the population is negatively impacted when a country transitions from an educated leader to a less educated one. This result may help to explain the previous finding that more educated political leaders favor economic growth.
Key Words: Political leaders, Primary Education, School Achievement, Political institutions.
JEL classification: I21,I25,I28. |
Publication date:
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2013 |
Subject (UDC):
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32 - Política 37 - Educació. Ensenyament. Formació. Temps lliure |
Subject(s):
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Institucions polítiques Rendiment escolar Educació primària Política educativa |
Rights:
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Pages:
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37 p. |
Document type:
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Working Paper |
Published by:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia
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Collection:
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Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2013-22
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