Half-Private Education

John Lapidus ()
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John Lapidus: University of Gothenburg

Chapter Chapter 7 in The Quest for a Divided Welfare State, 2019, pp 99-109 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Via the so-called homework assistance deduction, Swedish parents had the right to deduct from taxes half the cost of their children’s private homework assistance—that is, those who had any tax to deduct. In addition to this formally excluding factor, there was a much larger group of parents who did not have real opportunities to utilize the tax break since the private cost was significant even with the state subsidy. The chapter discusses the implications of state-subsidized private homework assistance and so-called shadow education at large. The chapter also elaborates on the school voucher system which seemingly allows for a publicly funded school system but gradually put pressure on tuition fees in the school sector, something which was the whole purpose of the invention.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24784-3_7

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