Financing basic education in China: county differences and policy implications
Tung Yan Wah. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-87). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; 摘要 --- p.ii ; Acknowledgement --- p.iii ; Table of Contents --- p.iv ; List of Tables --- p.v ; Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- History of education financing --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Fiscal system and the financing of rural education --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Purpose of this study --- p.8 ; Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Problems and issues --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Disparity in education provision --- p.14 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Factors explaining variations in education expenditure: regression analysis --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Financing arrangement --- p.21 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Concluding remarks --- p.26 ; Chapter Chapter 3 --- Methodology --- p.28 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Estimation of degree of provision --- p.28 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Regression analysis --- p.35 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Education transfer mechanism --- p.39 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Concluding remarks --- p.42 ; Chapter Chapter 4 --- Results and Discussion --- p.43 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Degree of provision --- p.43 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Regression results --- p.47 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Education transfer mechanism --- p.49 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Concluding remarks --- p.53 ; Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.55 ; Appendix 1 Box 1 --- p.59 ; Appendix 2 Tables --- p.60 ; References --- p.83