Optimal Policy and the Risk Properties of Human Capital Reconsidered
Optimal Policy and the Risk Properties of Human Capital Reconsidered
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重新考虑最优政策和人力资本的风险属性
DOI:
10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.004
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发表时间:
2008
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Dan Anderberg
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作者:
Dan Anderberg
This paper considers how optimal education and tax policy depends on the risk properties of human capital. A key feature of human capital investments is whether they increase or decrease wage risk. In a benchmark model it is shown that this feature alone determines whether a constrained optimal allocation should be characterized by a positive or a negative education premium. In the same model a positive intertemporal wedge is optimal. The robustness of these results is explored in two generalizations: nonobservability of education and nonobservability of consumption. Finally, policies that implement the constrained efficient allocations are considered.