Arbeitspapier

Economic gains from publicly provided education in Germany

The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional perspective the overall result is the expected levelling effect. When estimating the effects of accumulated educational transfers over the life course within a regression framework, however, and controlling for selectivity of households with children as potential beneficiaries of educational transfers, we find evidence that social inequalities are increasing from an intergenerational perspective, reinforced in particular by public transfers for non-compulsory education, thus negating any social equalisation effects achieved within the compulsory education framework.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2911

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Bildungsökonomik
Öffentliche Bildungsausgaben
Einkommensverteilung
Lebensstandard
Weiterbildung
Generationenbeziehungen
Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Frick, Joachim R.
Grabka, Markus M.
Groh-Samberg, Olaf
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2007

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Frick, Joachim R.
  • Grabka, Markus M.
  • Groh-Samberg, Olaf
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2007

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