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Essays on the Provision of Effective Public Services.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Essays on the Provision of Effective Public Services./
作者:	Ricks, Michael.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (174 pages)
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-04, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International84-04A.
標題:	Education policy. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29712211click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798845451231

Essays on the Provision of Effective Public Services.
Ricks, Michael.

Essays on the Provision of Effective Public Services. - 1 online resource (174 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-04, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

This dissertation contains three essays related to the efficient design of public programs. Governments that provide public goods must determine the appropriate policy, the optimal level of provision, and the criteria for participation. Each essay explores one of these aspects in a specific setting. Chapter I studies participation rules for public education programs; Chapter II, policy choice for alternative energy subsidies; and Chapter III, how taxpayers perceptions affect efficient the optimal level of public goods provision in the context of state-funded higher education. In Chapter I "Strategic Selection Around Kindergarten Recommendations" I explore participation in public education. Specifically, I measure the trade-offs between having parents or policy makers decide when children begin kindergarten. Using data from the state of Michigan, I find that allowing parents to strategically select around kindergarten recommendations increases average test scores but widens income- and racial-achievement gaps. I quantify this efficiency-equity trade-off and demonstrate that it arises from substantial differences between selection on gains between higher-income families and lower-income families. Mechanisms suggest that increased participation in means-tested prekindergarten programs would increase both efficiency and equity. In Chapter II "Subsidies with Deadlines: Optimal Tax and Subsidy Policy with Multiple Instruments" Owen Kay and I explore the choice between multiple possible subsidy policies. Although standard theory shows Pigouvian subsidies correct externalities efficiently, many real-world subsidies end after a deadline or subsidize investment rather than output. We show that subsidies with deadlines are the best policy in many settings, but the 10-year deadline of the Production Tax Credit in the wind industry is likely too short. Each month energy markets forego the social benefits of over 500 GWh of wind energy because of the deadline. Finally, in Chapter III "Public Good Perceptions and Support: Evidence from Higher Education Appropriations" Reuben Hurst, Andrew Simon, and I answer the question of how taxpayers' perceptions affect the level of public services they demand. Using a survey experiment, we find that on average information increases support for additional state spending on higher education by 5%. The effects are concentrated among groups with lower levels of support, which means that information also reduces polarization.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798845451231Subjects--Topical Terms:

2191387
Education policy.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Public economicsIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
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