The design of optimal education policies when individuals differ in inherited wealth and ability

In this paper I consider the role of education poli-cies in redistribution of income when individuals differ in two aspects: ability and inherited wealth. I discuss the extent to which the rules that emerge in unidimensional settings apply also in the bidimen-sional setting considered in this paper. The main conclusion is that, subject to some qualifi cations, the same type of rules that determine optimal education policies when only ability heterogeneity is considered apply to the case where both parameters of heterogeneity are considered. The qualifi cations pertain to the implementation of the optimal alloca-tion of resources to education and not the way the optimal allocations fi rst- and second-best differ.

Drets individuals, drets socials i drets d'integració. 'Derechos individuales, derechos sociales y derechos de integración'.

Resumen en castellano, francés e inglés

La natació i els jocs de raqueta : dos exemples d'esports individuals. 'La natación y los juegos de raqueta : dos ejemplos de deportes individuales'.

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