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The willingness to pay for education indeveloping countries: Evidence from rural Peru.

By: Gertler, P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Working papers series; no. 54. Publisher: Washington : World Bank, 1989Subject(s): Educational Analysis | Cost of education -- Peru -- Developing countries. -- Cost of education -- Peru -- Developing countries. -- Cost of education -- Peru -- Developing countriesSummary: This study looks at the low price elasticity of demand for schooling, and argues that elasticities alone are not enough, i.e. one must estimate the willingness to pay for schooling improvements to see whether higher fees are in fact desirable.
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This study looks at the low price elasticity of demand for schooling, and argues that elasticities alone are not enough, i.e. one must estimate the willingness to pay for schooling improvements to see whether higher fees are in fact desirable.

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