Economic gains from publicly provided education in Germany

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The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided educa-tion 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 com-pulsory education framework.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 709

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Educational Finance; Financial Aid ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
• Subject: Education ; Public Transfers ; Income Distribution ; Economic Wellbeing ; SOEP ; Bildungsökonomik ; Öffentliche Bildungsausgaben ; Einkommensverteilung ; Lebensstandard ; Weiterbildung ; Generationenbeziehungen ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Frick, Joachim R. ; Grabka, Markus M. ; Groh-Samberg, Olaf
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/27234
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