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The Effect of Education Subsidies in an Aging Economy

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Megumi Mochida () (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
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We examine how an introduction of education subsidies affects growth rates, incorporating an uncertain lifetime. We demonstrate that the introduction of subsidies engenders higher growth rates in aging economies, except when the education-tax rate is sufficiently low.

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Paper provided by Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) in its series Discussion Papers in Economics and Business with number 05-30.

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Date of creation: Oct 2005
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Keywords: Education subsidies Social security Uncertain lifetime

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H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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  1. Berthold U. Wigger, 2004. "Are Higher Education Subsidies Second Best?," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 106(1), pages 65-82, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Glomm, Gerhard & Ravikumar, B, 1992. "Public versus Private Investment in Human Capital Endogenous Growth and Income Inequality," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 100(4), pages 813-34, August.
  3. Kaganovich, Michael & Zilcha, Itzhak, 1999. "Education, social security, and growth," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(2), pages 289-309, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Akira Yakita, 2001. "Uncertain lifetime, fertility and social security," Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 635-640. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Pecchenino, Rowena A. & Pollard, Patricia S., 2002. "Dependent children and aged parents: funding education and social security in an aging economy," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 145-169, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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