Showing papers by "Michael Kremer published in 1995"

Research on schooling: what we know and what we don't a comment on hanushek

Abstract: In his stimulating article, Eric Hanushek argues that school quality bears little relationship to expenditure on school inputs; that achieving quality should be given greater priority relative to quantity; and that schools should be given greater incentives to improve quality. In this comment, the report argue that the limited available evidence suggests that expenditure affects school quality and that author can be fairly confident that supplying particular inputs, such as radio education and textbooks, will improve school quality. This paper also argue that author have insufficient evidence to conclude that quality should be a higher priority than ensuring that schools are available for more children. Finally, this paper adds some cautionary notes to Hanushek's call for increased emphasis on incentives for schools and teachers.