Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36810 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4833
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the role of public education in the context of parental migration, and it studies the effects of an expansive income tax policy that is adopted to increase public education expenditure per pupil. It is shown that such a policy may exacerbate income inequality in the long run if for the less skilled dynasties, the benefits of more public spending on education does not make up for the negative effects of increased parental absences. However, if the migration-induced tax base erosion is not severe, an expansive income tax policy indeed enhances future human capital for all dynasties, and moreover, it may help the less skilled households escape from the poverty trap, thus reducing long-run income inequality.
Subjects: 
Human capital
income inequality
parental migration
public education expenditure
tax base erosion
JEL: 
H20
H52
O15
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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