Are Higher Education Subsidies Second Best?

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2004
Volume: 106
Issue: 1
Pages: 65-82

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

An optimal taxation framework is considered in which part of the population can take advantage of investment in higher education. It is shown that social welfare can sometimes be increased by supplementing linear income taxes with a subsidy to material investment in higher education, but that social welfare can never be increased by supplementing a non‐linear income tax with such a subsidy.

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RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:106:y:2004:i:1:p:65-82
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29