Dans ce numéro de Regards économiques, nous étudions comment la qualité de l’éducation publique est affectée par la présence d’écoles privées fréquentées par les classes sociales supérieures. La nature du système politique qui décide du financement public est cruciale à cet...

We assess the merits of different education systems in a framework that accounts for the joint decision problem of parents regarding fertility and education. Specifically, we compare the implications of a public and a private schooing regime for economic growth and inequality; We find that...

We argue the inequality and growth are linked through differential fertility and the accumulation of human capital. We build an overlapping-generations model in which dynasties differ in their initial endowment with human capital. Growth, the income distribution, and fertility are endogenous....