In this paper we employ a simple overlapping generations model of growth to examine two extreme modes of government intervention in the provision of education: education subsidies for private provision and uniform public provision, both funded by a proportional income tax. Comparing them with...

We consider the contribution of public education to growth through its role in building social capital—instilling common values and norms that lower economic transaction costs and reduce social tensions between different population groups. This is modeled in the context of a political economy...