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account (covering education and training), and a health account (covering insurance against sickness and disability). Instead … health and education services, providing social safety nets and redistributing incomes more efficiently. …
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An important issue in the debate on voucher systems and school choice is what effects competition from independent schools will have on public schools. Sweden has made a radical reform of its system for financing schools. Independent and public schools operate on close to equal terms under a...
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We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with two regions and two separated labor markets … subsidize higher education costs or whether to rely on tuition fees only. We find that in equilibrium, in both regions a …
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We examine ways of funding higher education, comparing upfront tuition fees with graduate taxes. The tax dominates, as …
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's education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, the average expenditure per pupil, and the type of … are considered: (1) greater congestion in public schools; (2) a lower average tax base for education funding; (3) reduced … wages for low-skilled workers and so more dependence by low-skilled locals on public education; (4) a greater skill premium …
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We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with risk averse households who are heterogeneous in income …. -- voting ; higher education ; financing scheme …
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We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with two regions and two separated labor markets … subsidize higher education costs or whether to rely on tuition fees only. We find that in equilibrium, in both regions a … rates, but the larger are the numbers of exchange students. -- voting ; higher education ; financing scheme ; mobility …
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We examine ways of funding higher education, comparing upfront tuition fees with graduate taxes. The tax dominates, as … encourage more people to attend university than would the equivalent upfront tuition fee. -- higher education ; graduate tax …
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Reconciling work and family is high on many governments' agenda, especially in countries, such as Spain, with record-low fertility and female labor force participation rates. This paper analyzes the effects of a large-scale provision of publicly subsidized child care in Spain in the early 1990s,...
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