Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

International Experience

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Research on Compulsory Education Financing in China

Part of the book series: New Frontiers of Educational Research ((NFER))

  • 531 Accesses

Abstract

This section is written in fulfillment of the Asian Development Bank contract for project TA-4363 PRC Support for Reforms in Compulsory Education Financing (SRCEF). The report starts by setting out international classifications of education expenditures, thereby identifying what constitutes non-personnel expenditure (NPE).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    Research and development is included in ancillary services, but this is relevant only for tertiary institutions.

  2. 2.

    Ancillary services include only public expenditures and exclude private expenditures.

  3. 3.

    PR China appears in a few statistics in the 2005 edition of WEI. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2005). Education Trends in Perspective: Analysis of the World Education Indicators. Paris: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

References

  • Abu-Duhou, I. (1999). Issues in funding basic allocations per pupil by grade level: activity led funding. In K. Ross & R. Levacic (Eds.), Needs based resource allocation in education via formula funding of schools. Paris: International Institute of Educational Planning.

    Google Scholar 

  • Aturupane, H. (1997). A norm-based unit cost resource allocation mechanism for the education sector, preparatory mission report for the general education project 2. Colombo: The World Bank (unpublished).

    Google Scholar 

  • Bacalod, M., & Tobias, J. (2005). Schools, school quality and achievement growth: evidence from the Philippines. Economics of Education Review, 25(August), 619–632.

    Google Scholar 

  • Balasooriya, J. M. B. (2004). An evaluation of the impact of school based managment and formula funding on the efficiency and equity of school resourcing in Sri Lanka. Unpublished thesis. Institute of Education, University of London.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chambers, J., & Parrish, T. (1994). Developing a resource cost base. In H. Walberg, j., & S. W. Barnettt (Eds.), Advances in Educational Productivity: Cost analysis for education decisions: methods and examples.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chambers, J. G. (1997). Measuring inflation in public school costs. Washington DC: National Centre for Education Statistics.

    Google Scholar 

  • Duncombe, W., Ruggiero, J., & Yinger, J. (1996). Alternative approaches to measuring the cost of education. In H. Ladd (Ed.), Holding schools accountable: performance based reform in education (pp. 327–356). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution.

    Google Scholar 

  • Duncombe, W., & Yinger, J. (1999). Performance standards and educational cost indices. In H. E. Ladd, et al. (Eds.), Equity and adequacy in school finance: Issues and perspectives (pp. 260–297). Washington DC: National Academy Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fuller, B., & Clarke, P. (1994). Raising school effects while ignoring culture? Local conditions and the influence of classroom tools, rules and pedagogy. Review of Educational Research, 64(1), 119–157.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Glewwe, P., & Jacoby, H. (1994). Student achievement and schooling choice in low-income countries: evidence from Ghana. Journal of Human Resources, XXIX, 3, 843–863.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hanushek, E. (2005). Economic outcomes and school quality. Paris: UNESC/IIEP www.unesco.org/iiep.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hanushek, E. A. (1998). Conclusions and controversies about the effectiveness of school resources. Economic Policy Review, 4(1), 11–27.

    Google Scholar 

  • Harbison, R. W., & Hanushek, E. (1992). Educational performance of the poor: Lesssons from rural Northeast Brazil. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Laine, R. D., Greenwald, R., & Hedges, L. V. (1996). Money does matter: A research synthesis of a new universe of education production function studies. In L. O. Picus & J. L. Wattenbarger (Eds.), Where does the money go? resource allocation in elementary and secondary schools (pp. 44–70). Thousand Oaks, Ca: Corwin Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Levacic, R., & Vignoles, A. (2002). Researching the links between school resources and student outcomes in the UK: A review of issues and evidence. Education Economics, 10(3), 312–331.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • McMahon, W., Boediono, N. S., & Appiah, E. (2001) Improving Educational Finance in Indonesia. Bandung, Indonesia: Policy Research Centre, Institute for Research and Development, MONE, UNICEF and UNESCO.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nzomo, J., Kariuki, M., & Guantai, L. (2001). The quality of primary education in Kenya: Some policy suggestions based on a survey of schools. Paris: International Institute of Educational Planning. www.sacmeq.org.

  • Odden, A., & Picus, L. (2000). Financing Schools: A policy perspective. McGraw-Hill.

    Google Scholar 

  • OECD. (2006). Education at a Glance. Paris: OECD.

    Google Scholar 

  • Onsomu, E., Nzomo, J., & Obiero, C. (2005). The SACMEQ II project in Kenya: A study of the conditions of schooling and the quality of education: Kenya Working Report. SACMEQ, Harare, Zimbabwe and Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Kenya. www.sacmeq.org.

    Google Scholar 

  • Picus, L. O., & Blair, L. (2004). School finance adequacy: The state role. Insights on Education Policy, Practice and Research, 16(March), 1–12.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pritchett, L., & Filmer, D. (1999). What education production functions really show: A positive theory of education expenditures. Economics of Education Review, 18, 223–239.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Reschovsky, A., & Imazeki, J. (1998). The development of school finance formulas to guarantee the provision of adequate education to low-income students. In W. J. Fowler (Ed.), Developments in school finance, 1997. Washington DC: National Centre for Education Statistics, p. 98–212.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ross, K., & Levacic, R. (Eds.). (1999). Needs based resource allocation in education via formula funding of schools. Paris: International Institute of Educational Planning.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ruggiero, J. (2007). Measuring the cost of minimum educational standards: an application of data envelopment analysis. Education Economics, 15(1), 1–13.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Slavin, R., et al. (1996). Every child, every school: Success for all. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tan, J. P., Lane, J., & Lassibille, G. (1999). Schooling outcomes in Philippines elementary schools: evaluation of the impact of four experiments. Sept: World Bank Economic Review.

    Google Scholar 

  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2005). Education trends in perspective: Analysis of the world education indicators. Paris: UNESCO Institute of Statistics.

    Google Scholar 

  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2006). Education counts: Benchmarking progress in 19 WEI countries. Paris: UNESCO Institute for Statistics www.uis.unesco.org.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wildeman, R. (2003). Public Expenditure in Education. Human Science Research Council South Africa. www.hrdwarehouse.hsrc.av.za/educatexpend/educatexpend.pdf.

  • World Bank. (1999). Draft aide-memoire: (August 1999): Sri Lanka second general education project, supervision mission report, Colombo. Sri Lanka: World Bank (Unpublished).

    Google Scholar 

  • World Bank. (2005). Treasures of the Sri Lankan Education System. Colombo: World Bank. http://go.worldbank.org/0.LZ2VZ1960.

  • Wößmann, L. (2003). Schooling resources, educational institutions and student performance: the international evidence. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Yuhong Du

  2. Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Zhijun Sun

Authors
  1. Yuhong Du
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Zhijun Sun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yuhong Du .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Du, Y., Sun, Z. (2016). International Experience. In: Research on Compulsory Education Financing in China. New Frontiers of Educational Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47830-1_6

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47830-1_6

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-662-47829-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-662-47830-1

  • eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation