This paper studies oligopolistic competition in education markets when schools can be private and public and when the … quality of education depends on “peer group” effects. In the first stage of our game schools set their quality and in the … public schools as regulatory tool in an otherwise private education sector. …

part through education. In addition to the customary externality source associated with a change in average fertility rate …) Investments in education of high- and low-ability parents must be subsidized, (ii) direct child subsidies to one or both parent … types can be negative; i.e., they can be taxes, (iii) net subsidies to children (direct child subsidies plus education …

care provided to their parents and education expenditures for their children. The young enjoy their education, while the … period and that parents invest in the education of their children. We show that Becker’s rotten kids theorem holds for the … single period game in that informal aid is set according to an efficient rule. However, education is distorted upwards. In …

transition from education to the labour market. Using a unique data set on the labour market situation of graduates in nine … European countries, we investigate the significance of five characteristics of the higher education programmes: (1) The … occupations.First, our results reveal in particular the importance of the competence orientation of the education programme …

data for lower secondary education. The results show substantial effects of student background on educational performance …