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Public education provision, private schooling and income redistribution

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  • Francesco Andreoli

    (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER))

  • Giorgia Casalone

    (Università del Piemonte Orientale
    Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy)

  • Daniela Sonedda

    (Università del Piemonte Orientale
    Centre For North South Economic Research (CRENoS))

Abstract

Availability of free public education induces a transfer in kind among households with school age children. We provide evidence of the redistributive character of public education provision. We estimate structural quantile treatment effects of household income on the distribution of expected educational transfers in kind. Under the assumption that education quality is a normal good, better services (ancillary to the core education mission) supplied by private schools increase quality therein and reduce the incentives for wealthy households to enroll in public education. Because of these incentives, rich families benefit less from educational transfers in kind and the public education system is redistributive. Using household survey data from Italy, we find that an increase in net income reduces the value of the expected educational in kind transfers for compulsory education.

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  • Francesco Andreoli & Giorgia Casalone & Daniela Sonedda, 2018. "Public education provision, private schooling and income redistribution," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 16(4), pages 553-582, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecin:v:16:y:2018:i:4:d:10.1007_s10888-018-9393-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10888-018-9393-y
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