NDLI: The Social Cost of an Outdated Law: Article 16 of the Greek Constitution

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Psacharopoulos, George
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	Article 16 of the Greek Constitution stipulates that higher education is provided free in state institutions, and that private universities are prohibited. The paper digs into the historical origins of such provisions and discusses the reasons why, in spite of national outcry, the article has survived with no revision since it first appeared several decades ago. Closely linked to Article 16, is the fact Greece has a world record of students studying abroad relative to its population. Standard economic analysis is used to assess the net social cost to the country of maintaining Article 16. Links are made to the quality of university education provided by the state institutions, the foreign exchange drain to universities abroad, the lack of the benefits of competition by not allowing foreign universities to set up campuses in Greece, as well as the benefits of having foreign-educated graduates returning to Greece. The above efficiency arguments are complemented by distributional considerations on who has benefited, or lost, by the free state provision of university education.
Starting Page	123
Ending Page	137
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09291261
Journal	European Journal of Law and Economics
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15729990
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2003-01-01
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Commercial Law Public Finance & Economics Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Business and International Management Law Economics and Econometrics

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