Income Tax, Consumption Value of Education, and the Choice of Educational Type
30 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Date Written: October 2003
Abstract
How the tax system might affect the individual's educational level is well studied. But the question of how the tax system affects the individual's choice of educational type is mostly ignored. This is an important issue, since the educational choice of today's young generation determines the skill composition of tomorrow's labor force and hence the future production possibilities of the country. This paper studies the problem in a partial model. A progressive tax system might in fact introduce distortions in the individuals's educational choice and induce him to choose more of the educational type with the higher consumption value. If he also puts more weight on the present than on the future, this effect is strengthened further.
JEL Classification: H25, I21, I29
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