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dc.titlePatterns, Trends and Policy Implications of Private Spending on Skills Development in Mexico and the United States
dc.contributor.authorSzékely, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorMendoza, Pamela
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageUnited States
dc.date.available2017-03-29T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2017-03-28T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-quality education country such as the United States. The paper uses a series of high-quality Household Income and Expenditure Surveys for both countries spanning around 20 years and different methodological approaches. Of particular interest is the analysis of education expenditure patterns along the income distribution. Policy implications for both cases are discussed. While in Mexico stimulating private spending in education through public resources might be regressive, the opposite might be the case in the United States.
dc.format.extent56
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011784
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Patterns-Trends-and-Policy-Implications-of-Private-Spending-on-Skills-Development-in-Mexico-and-the-United-States.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEducation Expenditure
dc.subjectHousehold Expenditure
dc.subjectSchool Attendance
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectPrivate Investment
dc.subjectHigh School
dc.subjectHousehold Income
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectHigher Education
dc.subjectEducation Enrollment
dc.subject.jelcodeD11 - Consumer Economics: Theory
dc.subject.jelcodeI2 - Education and Research Institutions
dc.subject.jelcodeJ21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
dc.subject.keywordsHousehold Expenditure;Household Income;Private Investment
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1198
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