Do childless households support local public provision of education

Berardino Cesi ()

No 07/02, Discussion Papers in Economics from Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester

Abstract: Empirical and theoretical studies show that the local provision of public education affects the well being of individuals through two channels: the first reflects the direct use of the good, whereas the second runs through the value of the housing. The second effect leans on the idea that the quality of public education is capitalized into the value of the own housing. Empirical evidence finds that in a multi-community model childless households support local public spending in education because of the capitalization effect. I study the behavior of childless households, not necessarily elderly, in a two community model and show that the capitalization effect may not be a sufficient condition for middle aged households without children to support local public spending in education by a majority voting.

JEL-codes: H52 H72 I22 R2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-02
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