Who benefits from Educational Transfers In-Kind. Evidence from Italy

Post date: 26-Apr-2014 17:22:52

Mercoledì 30 Aprile 2014, ore 11.30, Sala Riunioni primo Piano

Relatrice: Dott.ssa Sonedda Daniela

Titolo: Who benefits from Educational Transfers In-Kind. Evidence from Italy

Abstract: We estimate structural quantile treatment effects to analyze the mechanisms leading to the redistributivness of educational transfers in-kind. We exploit heterogeneity in tax deductions to exogenously manipulate the prevailing distribution of net incomes, equalized by families needs, and explore the consequences of this manipulation on various quantiles of the distribution of the amount of educational transfers in-kind. We find that increases in households' income always lower the amount of educational transfers in-kind received. We show that an increase in income reduces the amount of educational transfers in-kind (i) more for higher quantiles of the educational transfers in-kind (ii) more for lower quantiles of the ability to pay for educational services. We interpret our results as evidence of a self-targeting device that discourages households with higher earning to benefit from public education provision, and incentives to opt out for private education.