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Fiscal and individual rates of return to university education with and without graduation

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  • Friedhelm Pfeiffer

    (Centre for European Economic Research (Mannheim, Germany) - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - Universität Mannheim, Universität Mannheim)

  • Holger Stichnoth

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, Centre for European Economic Research (Mannheim, Germany) - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - Universität Mannheim)

Abstract

Based on a detailed model of the German tax-benefit system, this paper simulates private and fiscal returns to education for college graduates and college dropouts.

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  • Friedhelm Pfeiffer & Holger Stichnoth, 2021. "Fiscal and individual rates of return to university education with and without graduation," Post-Print hal-03565062, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03565062
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1855299
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    Keywords

    University education; Graduation; Dropouts; Taxation; Internal; Rate of return;
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    JEL classification:

    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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