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.

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

Though a net brain gain has tended to be seen as a benefit and referred to as a 'beneficial brain drain' in the literature, its welfare impact for source country residents - or non-migrants - is at best ambiguous. Increased educational investment in response to a brain drain is equivalent to a...