More equal but less mobile? Education financing and intergenerational mobility in Italy and in the US

Article Abstract:

A study of centralized and egalitarian tertiary school systems in Italy and the US has been conducted in order to compare their impact on intergenerational mobility. The results indicate that Italy, compared to the US, exhibits less inequality but also less upward mobility in terms of educational attainment and occupations. It is concluded that, for societies where family background is essential for success, a centralized and egalitarian educational system does not always benefit poor children.

Administration of Education Programs, Education Programs, Social aspects, Italy, Finance, Education and state, Social policy, Education policy, Education, Social mobility

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Conservationist government policies and intergenerational equity in an overlapping generations model with renewable resources

Article Abstract:

Governments have an obligation to give future generations a high standard of living, and should consider various conservationist approaches to resource management. A study of decentralized measures at governing are presented, including lump-sum taxation, government investment in private capital, and the regulation of prices to encourage conservation of a nation's non-renewable resources.

Air, water, & solid waste management, Analysis, Environmental policy research

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Self-enforcing reciprocity norms and intergenerational transfers: theory and evidence

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A model of the development of cooperative social norms in a society made up of mostly rational agents is described.

Research, Economic aspects, Conduct of life, Reciprocity (Commerce), Cooperation (Ethics)

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