Theory fails to predict clearly whether a greater public investment in the higher education system effectively decreases the inequality between the educational attainment of rich and poor students. It is assumed that a rich student enrolled at a university receives a monetary transfer from his parents and allocates it between private consumption and investment in private education. When private and public educational investments are substituted, it is found that a further public investment narrows the educational gap. This result is due to the behavior of rich households. Once public investment has increased, rich students and their parents reduce private investments and monetary transfer, respectively; this allows the education of the poor student to increase more than the education of the rich one. This result also holds under weak complementarity.
Cesi, B. (2010). Public investment and education inequality. THE ICFAI JOURNAL OF PUBLIC FINANCE, 8(4), 7-20.
Tipologia: | Articolo su rivista |
Citazione: | Cesi, B. (2010). Public investment and education inequality. THE ICFAI JOURNAL OF PUBLIC FINANCE, 8(4), 7-20. |
IF: | Senza Impact Factor ISI |
Lingua: | English |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SECS-P/03 - Scienza delle Finanze |
Revisione (peer review): | Sì, ma tipo non specificato |
Tipo: | Articolo |
Rilevanza: | Rilevanza internazionale |
Stato di pubblicazione: | Pubblicato |
Data di pubblicazione: | nov-2010 |
Titolo: | Public investment and education inequality |
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Autori: | Cesi, B |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su rivista |