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The evolution of public spending on higher education in a democracy

Author:
Haupt, Alexander  


Journal:
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY


Issue Date:
2012


Abstract(summary):

This paper analyses a political force that can cause an initial expansion of public spending on higher education and an ensuing decline in subsidies per student: the increase in the number, and thus voting power, of skilled parents. The rise of the skilled class leads to a majority for an initial expansion of public education spending. This expansion further boosts the number of skilled parents and, thus, future demand for higher education. The induced shift in demand implies that the initial subsidy per student becomes too expensive to be politically sustainable. The initial educational 'take-off' provokes a backlash at the polls. A majority now successfully calls for higher private contributions to the costs of university education. Nevertheless, overall enrolment continues to rise. But equality of opportunity, that went up in the expansion period, declines afterwards. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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