Aggregate and distributional effects of school closure mitigation policies: Public versus private education

Lukas Mahler and Minchul Yum

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 235, issue C

Abstract: We use a human capital formation model to compare extending school time to private education subsidies in mitigating the adverse effects of school closures. The impact on inequality and mobility depends crucially on the substitutability between private and public inputs.

Keywords: School closures; Inequality; Intergenerational mobility; Parental investments; Substitutability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 I24 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111517

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