How Useful Are Benefit Incidence Analyses of Public Education and Health Spending /

This paper provides a primer on benefit incidence analysis (BIA) for macroeconomists and a new data set on the benefit incidence of education and health spending covering 56 countries over 1960-2000, representing a significant improvement in quality and coverage over existing compilations. The paper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tiongson, Erwin
Other Authors: Asawanuchit, Sawitree, Davoodi, Hamid
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/227
Online Access:Full text available on IMF