Direct provision of public services can alter the balance of resources across income groups. We focus on the issues arising when taking account of the impact of publicly provided education services across the income distribution. We combine OECD information on spending per student in particular levels of the education system with micro data from…

A study of the equalization effects of in-kind transfers of public education in Greece finds that results of in-kind transfers in primary and secondary education lead to a major decline in aggregate inequality, whereas the distributional impact of tertiary education is regressive. (Contains 30 references.) (PKP)