Abbott, B;
Gallipoli, G;
Meghir, C;
Violante, GL;
(2019)
Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium.
Journal of Political Economy
, 127
(6)
pp. 2569-2624.
10.1086/702241.
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Abstract
We examine the equilibrium effects of college financial aid policies building an overlapping-generations life cycle model with education, labor supply, and saving decisions. Cognitive and noncognitive skills of children depend on parental education and skills and affect education and labor market outcomes. Education is funded by parental transfers that supplement grants, loans, and student labor supply. Crowding out of parental transfers by government programs is sizable and cannot be ignored. The current system of federal aid improves long-run welfare by 6 percent. More generous ability-tested grants would increase welfare and dominate both an expansion of student loans and a labor tax cut.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1086/702241 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1086/702241 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089197 |
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