The Ethical Case for Charging User Fees in Education

13 Pages Posted: 20 Dec 2000

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Robert W. McGee

Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting

Abstract

User fees are used to fund government services like highway construction and maintenance, museums and parks. The advantage of user fees, from a fairness perspective, is that the only people who pay them are the ones who use the government service. The problem with educational funding is that it is done primarily through property taxes, income or sales taxes, which forces everyone to pay for the education of other people's children. This article explores the ethical case of using user fees as a source of educational funding, which has been ignored in the economics, public finance and ethical literature.

JEL Classification: D63, H2, I22

Suggested Citation

McGee, Robert W., The Ethical Case for Charging User Fees in Education. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=251465 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.251465

Robert W. McGee (Contact Author)

Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting ( email )

Fayetteville, NC 28301
United States

HOME PAGE: http://robertwmcgee.com

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