Redistribution through education and other transfer mechanisms

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1719-1750

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a   Leung, Charles Ka Yui ^b   Yilmaz, Kuzey ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endogenous policy; Equity efficiency tradeoff; Externalities; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345446605     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2003.01.004     Document Type: Article

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