College Tuition and Income Inequality
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چکیده
This paper evaluates the role of rising income inequality in explaining observed growth college tuition. We develop a competitive model market, which quality depends on instructional expenditure and average ability admitted students. An innovative feature our is that it allows for continuous distribution quality. find increases US can explain more than half rise net tuition since 1990 has also depressed attendance. (JEL D31, I22, I23, I24)
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Economic Review
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2640-205X', '2640-2068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181027