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The decentralization of Social Assistance and the rise of Disability Insurance enrolment [PDF]

In this paper, we assess spillover effects of Social Assistance (SA) decentralization in the Netherlands, in particular towards (a centrally administered) Disability Insurance scheme (DI). DI enrolment has increased strongly since the decentralization of
Daniel van Vuuren, Gijs Roelofs
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Modeling and parameter estimation for fractional large‐scale interconnected Hammerstein systems

Asian Journal of Control, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper addresses the challenge of modeling and identifying large‐scale interconnected systems exhibiting memory effects, hereditary properties, and non‐local interactions. We propose a fractional‐order extension of the Hammerstein architecture that incorporates Grünwald–Letnikov operators to capture complex dynamics through multiple ...
Mourad Elloumi, Omar Naifar, Imed Bouzida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal decentralization and the size of the government : an extension with evidence from cross-country data [PDF]

Prior analyses of the relationship between fiscal decentralization and the size of government treat fiscal decentralization as the decentralization of either taxing or spending powers. But decisions about taxation and spending are inseparable. The author
Ehdaie, Jaber
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Analisis Desentralisasi Fiskal di Kabupaten Bungo

Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah, 2013
The purpose of this study was to measure and analyze the degree of fiscal decentralization in Bungo district during the years 2000 to 2010 as well as analyzing the relationship of GDP to the degree of fiscal decentralization during the same period.
Supriyadi Supriyadi, Arman Delis, Selamet Rahmadi   +2 more
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Strengthening local government budgeting and accountability [PDF]

In many developing and middle-income countries, decentralization reforms are promoting changes in governance structures that are reshaping the relationship between local governments and citizens.
Schaeffer, Michael, Yilmaz, Serdar
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

“The purpose of activism is to educate”: Young people's climate activism as and for education in the youth strike movement in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract By skipping school for their cause, young climate strikers repeatedly demonstrated their priorities in 2019 and 2020. They regularly chose to sacrifice a day of their formal education in favour of collective action. This study asks what we can learn from the reflections of former youth strikers.
Loz J. Hennessy
wiley   +1 more source

Publicly funded private schools and academic achievement: A comparative analysis of PISA data in European countries

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya, Léonard Moulin, Denis Fougère   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment: An investigation into the Gaokao retake policy

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralisation in South African local government : a critical evaluation

, 2011
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-245).The South African local government model is considered to be decentralised in character, incorporating various constitutional, policy and statutory instruments to enable local ...
Siddle, Andrew McCalman
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