Intergenerational conflict reconsidered: county demographic structure and the demand for public education

Ladd, Helen F.; Murray, Sheila E.

doi:10.1016/s0272-7757(00)00058-3

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“…Declining spending at local level would have more of a negative impact on property prices than spending at State-level. Harris et al (2001) use this argument to try and reconcile the different results of Poterba (1998) and Ladd and Murray (2001). Capitalization effects have been argued for and shown also by Brueckner and Joo (1991), Brunner and Baldson (2004) and Hilber and Mayer (2004).…”

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confidence: 81%

Are the elderly a threat to educational expenditures?

Cattaneo¹,

Wolter

2009

European Journal of Political Economy

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Empirical research has given cause to fear that the demographic ageing in industrialized countries is likely to exert a negative impact on educational spending. These papers have linked the share of the elderly with the per capita or per pupil spending on education at the local, state-wide or national level, trying to control for other exogenous effects. Although this line of research shows in many cases a negative correlation between the shares of elderly people and educational expenditures, a causal link is difficult to prove. This paper uses a unique and representative survey of Swiss voters of all age groups. The analysis shows that elderly people present a clear tendency to be less willing to spend money on education. They would rather prefer to spend public resources on health and social security than on education. Furthermore the paper shows that much of the negative correlation between the shares of elderly and educational spending is the result of the elderly being politically more conservative and in general less inclined to pay for expenditures in the public sector as a whole.JEL Code: H52, H72, I22, J18.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 81%

Are the elderly a threat to educational expenditures?

Cattaneo¹,

Wolter

2009

European Journal of Political Economy

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“…In der US-Literatur wurden jedoch die Untersuchungen der Schulausgaben mit Hilfe von Schuldaten auf der Ebene der Bundesstaaten kritisiert, da sie nur einen eingeschränkten Blick auf den intergenerationellen Konflikt zulassen, denn die Entscheidungen über die Höhe der Schulausgaben werden in den USA hauptsächlich auf kommunaler Ebene getroffen (Ladd und Murray 2001). In der von Ladd und Murray (2001) Somit ist sowohl aus theoretischer Sicht als auch auf der Basis empirischer Untersuchungen der Zusammenhang zwischen der Altenquote und den öffentlichen Schulausgaben nicht eindeutig. Für Deutschland liegen nach unseren Recherchen keine den US-Studien vergleichbaren empirischen Untersuchungen zum Zusammenhang von demographischem Wandel und den Schulausgaben vor.…”

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Demographischer Wandel und Bildungsausgaben: Empirische Evidenz für die westdeutschen Länder

Baum¹,

Seitz²

2003

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Summary:The paper analyses the relationship between demographic structure and public school expenditures at the level of the West German Laender. The results suggest that per child expenditures are reduced when the share of school-age population increases and that total real school expenditures are virtually independent from the size of the school-age population. In addition we examine the impact of potential intergenerational conflicts on school expenditures. The estimation results provide only weak evidence in favor of the importance of such conflicts. In addition, we inspect theoretical arguments to investigate the rents absorbed by teachers that result out of the lack of flexibility of resources devoted to the education system in case of demographic changes.

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“…There is indeed evidence using school district-level data [6] or local survey data [7] that shows a weaker negative association between the elderly population and education spending than in studies using state-level data. Other evidence using county-level data shows no association [9]. It may be that any intergenerational conflict affects state spending on education more than local spending.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…To address this shortcoming several studies examined intergenerational conflict at the local level using county or school district data [4], [6], [7], [8], [9]. It is possible that choice of residential location (sorting) by the elderly leads to a higher share of the elderly population in localities with lower education spending [6], [9].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is possible that choice of residential location (sorting) by the elderly leads to a higher share of the elderly population in localities with lower education spending [6], [9]. The finding on lower state spending on education could then be driven not by the political influence of the elderly population but by their decisions on where to live within a state.…”

Section: Empirical Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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