Public Versus Private Education When Differential Fertility Matters
Public Versus Private Education When Differential Fertility Matters
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当差异生育率很重要时，公立教育与私立教育
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.307600
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发表时间：
2002
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通讯作者：
Matthias Doepke
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作者：
David de la Croix;Matthias Doepke
我们在一个框架中评估不同教育体系的优点，该框架考虑了父母在生育和教育方面的共同决策问题。具体来说，我们比较了公立和私立学校教育制度对经济增长和不平等的影响。我们发现，当家庭之间的人力资本禀赋几乎不存在不平等时，私立学校教育会带来更高的增长。相比之下，当不平等程度较高时，公共教育可以通过缩小生育率差异来实现更高的增长。此外，公立学校教育会导致收入趋同，而私立学校教育则会导致不平等现象日益加剧。我们的分析强调了在分析教育政策时考虑内生生育率差异的重要性。
We assess the merits of different education systems in a framework that accounts for the joint decision problem of parents regarding fertility and education. Specifically, we compare the implications of a public and a private schooling regime for economic growth and inequality. We find that private schooling leads to higher growth when there is little inequality in human capital endowments across families. In contrast, when inequality is high, public education yields higher growth by reducing fertility differentials. In addition, public schooling leads to income convergence, while private schooling can result in ever increasing inequality. Our analysis highlights the importance of accounting for endogenous fertility differentials when analyzing educational policies.