The Impact of Ethnic Heterogeneityon the Quantity and Quality of Public Spending /

The paper investigates empirically the impact of ethnic heterogeneity on the amount of public spending on health and education and the quality, or 'technical efficiency' of spending. While it finds partial evidence for the claim that more heterogeneous societies spend less on public goods,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuijs, Louis
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/049
Online Access:Full text available on IMF