A Further Look at the Hansen-Weisbrod-Pechman Debate. Reprint 240. Reprint.

Autor/in	Conlisk, John
Institution	Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty.
Titel	A Further Look at the Hansen-Weisbrod-Pechman Debate. Reprint 240. Reprint.
Quelle	(1977), (20 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Conceptual Schemes; Economic Factors; Higher Education; Income; Mathematical Models; Tuition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökonomischer Faktor; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Einkommen; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Unterweisung; Unterricht
Abstract	This paper reanalyzes the Hansen-Weisbrod-Pechman debate concerning the equity effects of subsidized tuition for higher education. It presents an intergeneration model of income distribution, including educational effects. This model is used to analyze issues in the debate over equity effects. It yields a measure (equity measure) of the sensitivity of income inequality to the level of higher educational subsidy. The equity measure represents what cannot be estimated directly due to lack of data. The model also yields a net benefit measure which represents what can be estimated from available data. The main conclusion from the model is a negative one. In a simple economy, net benefit calculations do not provide a reliable indicator of the equity effects of tuition subsidies for higher education. It is not clear how this conclusion could be reversed by complicating the economy. The conclusion is a negative one because it indicates that the current feasible procedure for answering an important policy question is not reliable. Nevertheless, the model does provide a formal structure, previously lacking, for analyzing issues in this debate. (Author/AM)
Anmerkungen	Publications Department, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (Free)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01