Arbeitspapier

Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence

We consider redistributional taxation between people with and without human capital if education is endogenous and if individuals differ in their perceptions about own ability. Those who see their ability as low like redistributive taxation because of the transfers it generates. Those who see their ability as high may also like redistributive taxation because it stops other people receiving education and increases the quasi rents on their own human capital. It is surprising that this rather indirect effect can overcompensate them for the income loss from taxation and make the overconfident want higher taxes than the less confident do. The results, however, turn out to be in line with empirical evidence on the desired amount of redistribution among young individuals.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1478

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
Thema
education
redistribution
confidence
Bildungsökonomik
Bildungsniveau
Steuerpolitik
Einkommensumverteilung
Public Choice
Bildungsinvestition
Schätzung
Theorie
Frankreich

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Konrad, Kai A.
Spadaro, Amedeo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2005

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Konrad, Kai A.
  • Spadaro, Amedeo
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2005

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