Promoting Education Under Distortionary Taxation: Equality of Opportunity Versus Welfarism

A common claim in the policy discourse is that a government wishing to achieve equality of opportunity should use public provision of education for equalisation of opportunities rather than income taxation, which only equalizes incomes. We develop a framework in which the tax and education provision rules in the welfarist and non-welfarist/equality of opportunity cases can be transparently compared. We show that in addition to education policies, progressive taxation also plays a role in achieving equality of opportunity, and illustrate how its use may differ under the two objectives. We also show how the provision of public education depends on how private education choices respond, potentially differentially by higherand lower-income families. Keywords Equality of opportunity • Income taxation • Inequality • Public good provisionThis paper is part of UNU-WIDER research programme on 'The Economics and Politics of Taxation and Social Protection'. We are grateful for useful comments to two anonymous referees as well as seminar audiences at the

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Promoting education under distortionary taxation: equality of opportunity versus welfarism

Haaparanta

Kanbur

Paukkeri

et al. 2022

J Econ Inequal

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Geographical determinants and hotspots of out-of-school children in Nigeria

Adeleke

Alabede

2022

Open Education Studies

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In Nigeria, children lack access to primary school education, and this hinders their social, cognitive, emotional, and physical skills’ development. With one in every five of the world’s out-of-school children in Nigeria, achieving universal primary education by 2030 remains a challenge. Several studies have investigated the factors that have led to an increase in out-of-school children (OOSC); however, these studies are based on individual level and household predictors with little evidence on the geographical determinants. Hence, this study examines the relationship between OOSC and the socio-economic attributes of the geographical location where they reside. Findings of the spatial analysis show that Sokoto, Zamfara, Yobe, Taraba, and Plateau are the hotspots of out-of-school children. The result further reveals that there is spatial variation in the predictors of out-of-school children in the country. Poverty and internally generated revenue (IGR) predict more cases of school non-attendance in northern Nigeria while foreign direct investment determines the number of children that are out-of-school in the southern region. The study recommends spatially explicit policies to reduce the number of OOSC in Nigeria.

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Promoting Education Under Distortionary Taxation: Equality of Opportunity Versus Welfarism

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