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AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME
by
Ike I. Song
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
MASTER OF ARTS
(ECONOMICS)
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Ike I. Song
Object Description
| Title | An empirical analysis of the quality of primary education across countries and over time |
| Author | Song, Ike I. |
| Author email | song_ike@hotmail.com; isong@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Economics |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-22 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-03-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Nugent, Jeffrey B. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hsiao, Cheng Kim, Yong Jin |
| Abstract | The objective of this study is to empirically examine the effects of economic conditions, political factors, and population growth on schooling quality at the primary level across various parts of the world and over time. Quality of education is measured primarily in terms of pupil-to-teacher ratios. The data employed is a panel data-set of 123 countries representing Asia, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Transitional economies, and developed OECD countries between 1950 and 2005 in five year intervals. The results show that the quality of primary education is positively affected by increases in GDP per capita and more democratic governance, and negatively influenced by income inequality and population growth. This study relies on comparisons of fixed-effects and random-effects regression analyses, involving interaction terms both between these determinants and region dummy variables, and between income inequality and other factors in order to measure differences in the effects of these factors across regions on the quality of primary education. An important finding is that income inequality tends to be detrimental to primary schooling quality in countries with relatively high per capita income. |
| Keyword | primary education; schooling quality; political-economic factors; per capita income; governance characteristics; demographic pattern |
| Coverage date | 1950/2005 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2880 |
| Rights | Song, Ike I. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Song-3400 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Song-3400.pdf |
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| Full text | AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY EDUCATION ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME by Ike I. Song A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS (ECONOMICS) May 2010 Copyright 2010 Ike I. Song |
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