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Education is typically viewed synonymously with formal schooling. Over the past century, state-provided schooling has become the norm for the industrialized world. In the United States, approximately 90 percent of children are educated in schools that are publicly financed and operated (Toma 1996). Similar statistics hold for a significant proportion of developed countries around the world (Toma, 1996). Yet public choice scholars continue to ask normative questions regarding the desirable role of the state that have been asked for at least two hundred years (Senior, 1861; Smith, 1776; Mill, 1909). Specifically, what role should the state play in providing access to schooling and does the consumption of schooling generate externalities that require a state role in provision?
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Toma, E.F. (2004). Education and the State. In: Rowley, C.K., Schneider, F. (eds) The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-47828-4_83
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