Paying for Health, Education, and Housing: How Does the Centre Pull the Purse Strings?

by Howard Glennerster, John Hills, Tony Travers, Ross Hendry

Overview

England is unusual in relying so heavily on central government to finance its social services. Citizens expect to be able to access services of similar standards wherever they live. This raises difficult theoretical and practical issues. This book reviews the economic theory that underpins thinking about such issues. It then traces the way governments have distributed resources from the end of the last century until today. It critically analyses current methods for three services—the National Health Service, schools, and housing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199240784
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/05/2000
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 11.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

all at the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

Table of Contents

Part I: Introducing and Analysing Formula FundingIntroductionPolitical principles and economic theoriesNeeds-based funding from the nineteenth century to the 1980sFunding in the NHS: Life after RAWPPart II: Formula Funding in the 1990sThe Development of education needs formulaeAllocating social housing subsidiesThree services, eight formulae: Common themes and differencesPart III: The View from the GroundShared values: Views from within the NHSCentral and local views of the education funding systemStruggling to identify objectives: Local authority housingA runaway train? Housing associationsPart IV: The Overall PatternCommon PatternsHere to now