| Abstract: |
Identification of a deleterious impact of institutions of direct legislation
on student performance by studies for both the U.S. and Switzerland has raised
the question of the exact transmission channels for this impact. Studies for
the U.S. that find an increase in the ratio of administrative to instructional
spending and larger class sizes support the hypothesis of a Leviathan-like
school administration. However, research for Switzerland using a time-series
panel of sub-federal school expenditure and class size detects no such effect.
These findings are in line with previous analyses that identify efficiency
gains in the provision of public goods for Switzerland. Version: 7 Dec 2005 |