Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/84491 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Serie Documentos de Trabajo No. 333
Publisher: 
Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (UCEMA), Buenos Aires
Abstract (Translated): 
The main argument supporting the policy of public, gratuitous and universal university is the one of equalization of opportunities. Nevertheless, the debate usually omits two crucial issues: the sequential characteristic of the educative process, and the opportunity cost of its financing. This paper develops a theoretical model that acknowledges these factors, concluding that public university can be a sub-optimal redistributive policy. Moreover it presents an empirical analysis, based on probit-type regressions, which show that the probability of benefiting from public university increases significantly with the agents' income.
JEL: 
I2
H5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
178.42 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.