Graduate tax

A graduate tax is a proposed tax that academics would have to pay. It would offer an alternative to university funding to traditional taxes and subsidies and tuition fees .

The introduction of a graduate tax is being discussed in the United Kingdom and Ireland , among others .

In Germany, the Institute for the Future of Work (IZA) has long been in favor of a graduate tax as an alternative to tuition fees. According to one model, the tax should only be levied above a certain income threshold and flow directly to the institutions at which the person concerned studied. Compared to tuition fees, this would not only reduce financial barriers to taking up a university degree, but also create stronger incentives to improve the quality of teaching.

Individual evidence

↑ Cecilia García-Peñalosa and Klaus Wahmen: Efficiency and equity effects of subsidies to higher education. (PDF, 177KB) In: Oxford economics paper 52. Ocford University Press, 2000, accessed September 25, 2012 .
↑ Graduate tax instead of tuition fees: Socially just and economically sensible. (PDF, 49KB) In: Press release of the institute on the future of work . November 24, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2012 .

Web links

Tom McKenzie, Dirk Sliwka : Universities as Stakeholders in their Students' Careers: On the Benefits of Graduate Taxes to Finance Higher Education. (PDF, 178 KB) In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 5330 November 2012, accessed on 25 September 2012 (English, 19 pages).

[1] Cecilia García-Peñalosa and Klaus Wahmen: Efficiency and equity effects of subsidies to higher education. (PDF, 177KB) In: Oxford economics paper 52. Ocford University Press, 2000, accessed September 25, 2012 .

[2] Graduate tax instead of tuition fees: Socially just and economically sensible. (PDF, 49KB) In: Press release of the institute on the future of work . November 24, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2012 .