Public and Household Spending in Private, Publicly-Funded Private and Public Schools in Spain during the Economic Crisis (2007-2012)

• Main Authors: Mario Andres-Candelas, Jesús Rogero-García
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2019-06-01
• Series: Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
• Subjects: Education policy; publicly-funded private schools; public spending; household spending; economic crisis
• Online Access: https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/1756/1769

In Spain, the economic crisis was characterised by cut-backs in public spending on education services and a reduction in households’ purchasing power. This article aims: (1) to analyse public spending per student in private, publicly-funded private and public schools from 2007 to 2012; (2) to determine whether household spending on education per student rose in that period; and (3) to ascertain whether the differences among types of school by their students’ socio-economic backgrounds varied in the period studied. Public spending for public and publicly-funded private schools was cut back and increased for private schools. Household spending rose in public and in private institutions and was stable in publicly-funded private schools. Inter-category differences in the breakdown of student bodies by socio-economic background were not observed to change.