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Child care in the United States : markets, policy, and evidence
Herbst, Chris M. - 2022
Participation in non-parental child care arrangements is now the norm for preschool-age children in the U.S. However, child care services are becoming increasingly expensive for many families, and quality is highly uneven across providers and sectors, raising questions about the impact of child...
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Tapping into Talent : Coupling Education and Innovation Policies for Economic Growth
Akcigit, Ufuk; Pearce, Jeremy; Prato, Marta - 2020
How do innovation and education policy affect individual career choice and aggregate productivity? This paper analyzes … about the links between talent, higher education, and innovation. We use these facts to calibrate the model and study … when combined with higher education policy that alleviates financial frictions for talented youth. Education and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014093497
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Aslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2012
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291377
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Designing efficient college and tax policies
Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015
The total social benefits of college education exceed the private benefits because the government receives a share of the monetary returns in the form of income taxes. We study the policy implications of this fiscal externality in an optimal dynamic tax framework. Using a variational approach we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011491864
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The value of earning for learning : performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Aslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2012
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683165
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Designing efficient college and tax policies
Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015
The total social benefits of college education exceed the private benefits because the government receives a share of the monetary returns in the form of income taxes. We study the policy implications of this fiscal externality in an optimal dynamic tax framework. Using a variational approach we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295596
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Designing efficient college and tax policies
Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015
The total social benefits of college education exceed the private benefits because the government receives a share of the monetary returns in the form of income taxes. We study the policy implications of this fiscal externality in an optimal dynamic tax framework. Using a variational approach we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295805
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Higher Education in Turkey : Subsidizing the Rich or the Poor?
Caner, Asena - 2012
We investigate how the benefits of publicly financed higher education in Turkey are distributed among students with different socioeconomic backgrounds. We use a unique dataset from a nationally representative sample of university entrance exam takers together with data on government subsidies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097215
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Child Care Subsidies with One- and Two-Parent Families
Moschini, Emily - 2019
The implementation of child care subsidies has varied widely across countries and states, as well as over time, ranging from universal to poverty-tested eligibility. I study the implications of eligibility rules for child care subsidies in a general equilibrium, overlapping generations framework...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893326
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Using Cash Subsidies to Enhance Student Loan Outcomes for Low-income Students
Lozano-Rojas, Felipe - 2019
Every year, governments allocate considerable amounts of resources to support students' access and performance in higher education. Grants and loans are directed to those students for whom college would seem unaffordable otherwise. These programs are justified on the grounds of how they help...
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