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  Investments in the Human Capital of the Socially Disadvantaged Children – Effects on Redistribution

Lohse, T., Lutz, P. F., & Thomann, C. (2011). Investments in the Human Capital of the Socially Disadvantaged Children – Effects on Redistribution. Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, 2011-17.

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Lohse, Tim1, Author           
Lutz, Peter F.2, Author
Thomann, Christian2, Author
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1Public Economics, MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance, Max Planck Society, ou_830552              
2External Organizations, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Early intervention, welfare, redistribution, taxation
 Abstract: Recently, early investments in the human capital of children from socially disadvantaged environments have attracted a great deal of attention. Programs of such early intervention, aiming at children's health and well-being, are spreading considerably in the U.S. and are currently tested in several European countries. In a discrete version of the Mirrlees model with a parents' and a children's generation we show the intra-generational and the inter-generational redistributional consequences of such intervention programs. It turns out that the parents' generation always loses when such intervention programs are implemented. Among the children's generation it is the rich who always benefit. Despite the expectation that early intervention puts the poor descendants in a better position, our analysis reveals that the poor among the children's generation may even be worse off if the effect of early intervention on their productivity is not large enough.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2011-10-31
 Publication Status: Published online
 Pages: 22
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Title: Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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Publ. Info: München : Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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