Higher education financing and income redistribution

Berthold U. Wigger

This paper considers an optimal income tax cum higher educationpolicy.It shows that in the presence of an optimal income tax systemhigher education should be taxed rather than subsidized.Furthermore, income taxes should become less progressive whenan optimal higher education policy is introduced.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Wigger, Berthold U.
Publisher:	Munich : CESifo
Subject:	Umverteilung \| Redistribution \| Bildungsinvestition \| Human capital investment \| Studium \| University education \| Bildungspolitik \| Education policy \| Theorie \| Theory \| Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte \| Highly skilled workers \| Einkommensteuer \| Income tax \| Bildungsfinanzierung \| Education finance \| Hochschulfinanzierung \| Higher education financing \| Optimale Besteuerung \| Optimal taxation

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (15 S.)
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. 527
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: PDF Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/75732 [Handle]
Classification:	H21 - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation ; I22 - Educational Finance
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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