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On welfare criteria and optimality in an endogenous growth model

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  • DEL REY, Elena

    (Universitat de Girona, Spain)

  • LOPEZ-GARCIA, Miguel ANgel

    (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

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In this paper we explore the consequences for optimality of a social planner adopting two different welfare criteria. The framework of analysis is an OLG model with physical and human capital. We first show that, when the SWF is a discounted sum of individual utilities defined over consumption per unit of natural labour, the precise cardinalization of the individual utility function becomes crucial for the characterization of the social optimum. Also, decentralizing the social optimum requires an education subsidy. In contrast, when the SWF is a discounted sum of individual utilities defined over consumption per unit of efficient labour, the precise cardinalization of preferences becomes irrelevant. More strikingly, along the optimal growth path, education should be taxed.

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  • DEL REY, Elena & LOPEZ-GARCIA, Miguel ANgel, 2010. "On welfare criteria and optimality in an endogenous growth model," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2010024, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvco:2010024
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    1. F. Cerina & X. Raurich, 2023. "Saving Behaviour and the Intergenerational Allocation of Leisure Time," Working Paper CRENoS 202315, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    2. Del Rey, Elena & Lopez-Garcia, Miguel-Angel, 2019. "Public education, intergenerational transfers, and fertility," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 78-82.
    3. Elena Rey & Miguel-Angel Lopez-Garcia, 2019. "Optimal public policy à la Ramsey in an endogenous growth model," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 128(2), pages 99-118, October.
    4. Del Rey, Elena & Lopez-Garcia, Miguel-Angel, 2020. "On government-created credit markets for education and endogenous growth," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 170-179.
    5. Torben M. Andersen & Joydeep Bhattacharya, 2013. "The Intergenerational Welfare State," CESifo Working Paper Series 4359, CESifo.
    6. Del Rey, Elena & Lopez-Garcia, Miguel-Angel, 2013. "Optimal education and pensions in an endogenous growth model," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 148(4), pages 1737-1750.
    7. Del Rey, Elena & Lopez-Garcia, Miguel-Angel, 2016. "Endogenous growth and welfare effects of education subsidies and intergenerational transfers," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 52(PB), pages 531-539.

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    Keywords

    endogenous growth; human capital; intergenerational transfers; education policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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