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Public expenditure on education in the time of population aging- Which educational stages does the elderly support?

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  • Miki Miyaki

    (Rikkyo University, College of Business)

  • Masaki Kimura

    (Bank of Japan, Financial Markets Department)

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This paper examines the elderly fs preference on public educational expenditures by each stage of education, i.e., from preschool to higher education. Utilizing a dynamic panel estimation method with Japanese prefectural data in the 1975-2012 period (38 years), we found that before 1990s the elderly tended to support public spending on almost every educational stage, especially on higher stages such as high school and university education. After 2000s, however, their preference was not to support government spending on earlier stages such as kindergarten and primary education. As the share of the elderly in eligible voters is becoming higher with the progress of population aging, their preference on government expenditures is gaining more influence on political decision. These results provide a foundation to discuss the allocation of public expenditure among educational stages under the circumstances of serious budget constraints.

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  • Miki Miyaki & Masaki Kimura, 2016. "Public expenditure on education in the time of population aging- Which educational stages does the elderly support?," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 16-29, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:1629
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    1. Saito, Hitoshi, 2017. "The effects of population ageing on public education in Japan : A reinterpretation using micro data," MPRA Paper 79848, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    population aging; public expenditure on education; educational stages; dynamic panel;
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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