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Higher Education Financing and Income Redistribution

Berthold U. Wigger
University of Mannheim - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

August 2001

CESifo Working Paper No. 527

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This paper considers an optimal income tax cum higher education policy. It shows that in the presence of an optimal income tax system higher education should be taxed rather than subsidized. Furthermore, income taxes should become less progressive when an optimal higher education policy is introduced.

JEL Classifications: H21, I22

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Date posted: August 21, 2001 ; Last revised: September 01, 2004

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Wigger, Berthold U., Higher Education Financing and Income Redistribution (August 2001). CESifo Working Paper No. 527. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=279676

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Berthold U. Wigger (Contact Author) University of Mannheim - Department of Economics ( email ) D-68131 Mannheim Germany +49 621 181 1797 (Phone) +49 621 181 1794 (Fax)
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) Poschinger Str. 5 DE-81679 Munich Germany HOME PAGE: http://www.CESifo.de

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