Education politics, schooling choice and public school quality: the impact of income polarization

Majda Benzidia, Michel Lubrano and Paolo Melindi-Ghidi
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Majda Benzidia: AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AMU - Aix Marseille Université, JUFE - Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics

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Abstract: What is the role of income polarization for explaining differentials in public funding of education? To answer this question, we provide a new theoretical modelling for the income distribution that can directly monitor income polarization. It leads to a new income polarization index where the middle class is represented by an interval. We implement this distribution in a political economy model with endogenous fertility and public/private educational choices. We show that when households vote on public schooling expenditures, polarization matters for explaining disparities in public education funding across communities. Using micro-data covering two groups of school districts, we find that both income polarization and income inequality affect public school funding with opposite signs whether there exist a Tax Limitation Expenditure (TLE) or not.

Keywords: Education politics; Schooling choice; Income polarization; Probabilistic voting; Bayesian inference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-01-09
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Published in International Tax and Public Finance, 2024, ⟨10.1007/s10797-023-09815-8⟩

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Journal Article: Education politics, schooling choice and public school quality: the impact of income polarization (2024)
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Working Paper: Education Politics, Schooling Choice and Public School Quality: The Impact of Income Polarisation (2016)
Working Paper: Education Politics, Schooling Choice and Public School Quality: The Impact of Income Polarisation (2016)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10797-023-09815-8

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