Differences in the production of education across regions and urban and rural areas

Previous studies have shown a link between local public school quality and labour productivity, which in turn affects economic growth in a region. But previous work has not investigated whether education is produced differently in different regions. The current study finds that although the production of education is similar across regions, there are some differences. Teacher experience matters more for school quality in rural areas than in urban areas, for example. And there are some differences in the effectiveness of various school inputs across urban areas. Policy implications for centralized versus decentralized school input hiring are discussed.