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Majority choice of an income-targeted educational voucher

dc.contributor.coauthorEpple, Dennis
dc.contributor.coauthorRomano, Richard
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economics
dc.contributor.kuauthorSarpça, Sinan
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Administrative Sciences and Economics
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T13:46:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractA model of majority choice of voucher characteristics with quantitative counterpart explains observed income eligibility requirements for educational vouchers. Households differ by income and preference for religious schooling. They elect a policy maker who chooses public school expenditure, a voucher, a maximum income for voucher eligibility, and a tax to finance public expenditure. Equilibrium has a voucher below per student public expenditure, an eligibility threshold near 300 percent of the poverty level, and a majority in public school though with substantial voucher usage, all properties typical of US voucher programs. Disallowing a voucher leads to higher per student public expenditure.
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
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dc.description.versionPublisher version
dc.description.volume10
dc.identifier.doi10.1257/mic.20160141
dc.identifier.eissn1945-7685
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dc.identifier.filenameinventorynoIR01341
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20160141
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dc.keywordsPolitical-economy
dc.keywordsSchool vouchers
dc.keywordsPrivate
dc.keywordsProvision
dc.keywordsModel
dc.keywordsEquilibrium
dc.keywordsPreferences
dc.keywordsCompetition
dc.keywordsMobility
dc.keywordsServices
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Association (AEA)
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Economic Journal: Microeconomics
dc.relation.urihttp://cdm21054.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IR/id/8142
dc.subjectBusiness and economics
dc.titleMajority choice of an income-targeted educational voucher
dc.typeJournal Article
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