Determinants of public education spending in 21 OECD democracies, 1980-2001

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 582-610

  Busemeyer, Marius R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative public policy; Education spending; OECD countries; Pooled time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249067992     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760701314417     Document Type: Article

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