Assessing the Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on the Efficiency of Education Sector: Analysis of Punjab, Pakistan

Authors

  • Ambreen Sarwar University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Atif Khan Jadoon University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8761-7342
  • Maria Faiq Javed University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Ismat Nasim The Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1002.0215

Keywords:

Education, Efficiency, Fiscal Decentralization, Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Pakistan

Abstract

The present study investigates the impact of fiscal decentralization (FD) on the efficiency of public service delivery (PSD) in the education sector of Punjab, Pakistan, from the year1982 to 2017. Firstly, the efficiency coefficients for secondary school enrolment are estimated using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). Secondly, the impact of FD on PSD in the education sector of Punjab, Pakistan, is analyzed using the Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method of estimation. The findings suggest that revenue decentralization positively enhances PSD efficiency in the education sector. In contrast, the effect of expenditure decentralization is negative on the efficiency of the education sector.

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Author Biographies

Ambreen Sarwar, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Lecturer, School of Economics

Atif Khan Jadoon, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Assistant Professor, School of Economics

Maria Faiq Javed, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Assistant Professor, School of Economics

Ismat Nasim, The Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Lecturer, Department of Economics

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Published

2022-05-22

How to Cite

Sarwar, A. ., Jadoon, A. K., Javed, M. F., & Nasim, I. . (2022). Assessing the Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on the Efficiency of Education Sector: Analysis of Punjab, Pakistan . Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(2), 503–513. https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2022.1002.0215

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022)

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Articles

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