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The real costs of tuition tax credits

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Calculations of the costs of tuition tax credits should include estimates of the induced migration from public to private schools. The estimate by the President's advisors that his 1983 tax credit proposal would cost up to $800 million by 1986 neglected the migration factor. It is demonstrated that a migration from public to private schools of about from 1 to 1.4% of the present public school enrollment is all that is necessary to secure savings from migrants that just offset the loss in federal tax revenue from tax credits granted to incumbent private school families. Greater migration will generate net revenue gains to governments as a whole. Copyright Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1985

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  • Edwin West, 1985. "The real costs of tuition tax credits," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 61-70, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:46:y:1985:i:1:p:61-70
    DOI: 10.1007/BF00150964
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    2. Robert A. Blewett, 1988. "Hidden Tax Preferences and the Real Costs of Tuition Tax Credits," Public Finance Review, , vol. 16(3), pages 330-340, July.
    3. Daniel Flores Curiel, 2016. "Subsidizing or taxing education? A note on the quality gap and government finances," Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, vol. 31(2), pages 339-353.

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