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Intergovernmental grants to school districts and educational outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clemens, Jeffrey; Hoxie, Philip G.; Veuger, Stan - 2026

During the COVID-19 pandemic the US federal government appropriated $189.5 billion in emergency aid to school districts. These funds were supplied to help districts replace lost revenues and to mitigate the harmful effects of the pandemic on learning and other measures of district performance....

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The finance-education nexus : educational consequences of US interstate bank branching deregulation

Yang, Xi; Zou, Jian - 2026

This paper studies the impact of US interstate bank branching deregulation on school finance and student achievement, leveraging the deregulation as a state tax revenue shock. Total revenue and expenditure increase following the deregulation. The revenue increase stems mainly from higher state...

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The impact of early investments in urban school systems in the United States

Schmick, Ethan; Shertzer, Allison - 2026

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The impact of early investments in urban school systems in the United States

Schmick, Ethan J.; Shertzer, Allison - 2019

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The Impact of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States

Schmick, Ethan J. - 2019

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The Impact of Early Investments in Urban School Systems in the United States

Schmick, Ethan - 2019

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The long-run impact of school funding on economic outcomes

Duque, Daniel - 2026

Do public investments in compulsory schooling translate into the same long-run economic gains for all? Using a large intergovernmental transfer reform in Norway that mechanically shifted municipal school revenues based on pre-reform student age structure, I estimate the long-run impacts of...

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School choice and segregation: evidence from the Oakland Unified School District

Rothstein, Jesse; Umosen, Ini; Walters, Christopher R. - 2026

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Returns to school spending in rural America : evidence from Wisconsin's Sparsity Aid Program

Acton, Riley K.; Orr, Cody; Rogers, Salem - 2023

We study the effects of increased school spending in rural American school districts by leveraging the introduction and subsequent expansion of Wisconsin's Sparsity Aid Program. We find that the program, which provides additional state funding to small and isolated school districts, increased...

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Returns to School Spending in Rural America : Evidence from Wisconsin's Sparsity Aid Program

Acton, Riley K.; Orr, Cody; Rogers, Salem - 2023

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Returns to School Spending in Rural America : Evidence from Wisconsin's Sparsity Aid Program

Acton, Riley K.; Orr, Cody; Rogers, Salem - 2023

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Financing preprimary education : how Vietnamese provinces allocate scarce resources

Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong; Bich Thi Ngoc Tran - 2023

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The IFS Scottish Budget Report : 2025-26

Adam, Stuart; Boileau, Bee; Cribb, Jonathan; … - 2025

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Scottish school spending, teachers and pupil numbers

Sibieta, Luke; Snape, Darcey - 2025

At just under £8 billion, spending on schools and childcare is the second-largest area of public service spending in Scotland, behind spending on health. While councils rather than the Scottish Government itself determine how much to spend on schools, they do so in the context of a funding and...

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Annual report on education spending in England : 2024-25

Drayton, Elaine; Farquharson, Christine; Ogden, Kate; … - 2025

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Welfare and income effects of tuition subsidies and public investment in schooling

Kumar, Alok - 2025

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Education Finance Watch 2024

UNESCO - 2025

To achieve their national and international education goals, many countries need to invest more and better in their education systems. During the last decade, total education spending by governments, households, and donors globally has increased steadily, but this has not led to significant...

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Education Finance Watch 2024

UNESCO - 2024

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The effects of tax increment financing on local income and income surtax base : evidence from Iowa school districts

Choi, Yoon-Jung; Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong - 2025

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Schools and colleges in the 2025 Spending Review

Sibieta, Luke; Snape, Darcey; Tahir, Imran - 2025

The upcoming Spending Review will involve some very difficult decisions on public service spending, with virtually no headroom against the government's fiscal rules. The government has set out plans for overall departmental spending to grow by about 1.2% per year in real terms between 2025-26...

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Firms for funding : the effect of Million Dollar Plants on school finances and student achievement

Gupta, Rahul R.; Rodriguez, Viviana - 2025

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School equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow : causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940

Card, David E.; Clark, Leah R.; Domnisoru, Ciprian; … - 2025

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School equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow : causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940

Card, David E.; Clark, Leah R.; Domnisoru, Ciprian; … - 2024

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School equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow : causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940

Card, David E.; Clark, Leah R.; Domnisoru, Ciprian; … - 2024

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School Equalization in the Shadow of Jim Crow : Causes and Consequences of Resource Disparity in Mississippi circa 1940

Card, David E.; Clark, Leah R.; Domnisoru, Ciprian; … - 2024

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The effect of centralized-admission school lotteries on between-school segregation : evidence from 300 largest school districts in the United States

Lagos, Francisco; Saltmarsh, Jason; Liu, Jing - 2025

This study examines how centralized-admission school lotteries affect between-school racial and ethnic segregation in the largest U.S. public school districts. Using original nationwide panel data and a difference-in-differences design with staggered adoption, the research analyzes effects on...

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Assessment of excessive municipal education spending

Bartkus, Algirdas - 2025

A tight budgetary situation in Lithuania forces the Government to seek savings, plan financial resources carefully, and monitor their use closely. As a result, municipalities - which are responsible for im‑ plementing several delegated functions - are often viewed unfavourably by the central...

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Smart spending in education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Elacqua, Gregory; Marotta, Luana; Martínez, Matías; … - 2025

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Enrollment declines and permanent closures in public schools

Goulas, Sofoklis - 2025

This study examines the prevalence of permanent school closures before and after the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with enrollment declines. Utilizing data from the Common Core of Data between 2013-14 and 2023-24, the analysis reveals a downward trend in closure rates, with significant...

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The impact of visibility on school athletic finances : an empirical analysis using Google Trends

Behera, Sarthak S.; Sadana, Divya - 2025

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The political economy of school finance systems with endogenous state and local tax policies

Calabrese, Stephen; Epple, Dennis N.; Romano, Richard E. - 2025

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The Political Economy of School Finance Systems with Endogenous State and Local Tax Policies

Calabrese, Stephen; Epple, Dennis N.; Romano, Richard E. - 2024

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School spending in England : a guide to the debate during the 2024 general election

Sibieta, Luke - 2024

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Balancing education and real estate : the impact of the teacher rotation policy on school district housing prices

Zhao, Yang; Ma, Jingchun; Lan, Zhu - 2024

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OECD Review of Resourcing Schools to Address Educational Disadvantage in Ireland

2024

The “OECD Review of Resourcing Schools to Address Educational Disadvantage in Ireland” provides an independent analysis meant to support Irish authorities in identifying ways to strengthen the resources and supports provided to students at risk of educational disadvantage in both DEIS and...

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Unpacking the impact of voucher schools : evidence from Sweden

Edmark, Karin; Hussain, Iftikhar; Haelermans, Carla - 2024

Research on voucher schools has mainly focused on whether students experience improved academic results in these schools and whether they generate competitive pressure for public schools. In this paper we focus instead on the role voucher schools might play in altering the menu of options...

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School segregation in the presence of student sorting and cream-skimming : evidence from a school voucher reform

Gazmuri, Ana M. - 2024

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Applying VAT to private school fees and removing the business rates charitable rates relief for private schools

Marlow, Maxwell - 2024

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Local education spending and migration : evidence from a large redistribution program

Chauvin, Juan Pablo - 2024

This paper studies the effects of changes in local public education budgets on individual schooling attainment and migration, as well as on local labor market outcomes. I leverage the introduction of FUNDEF, a large federal program that redistributed public education finance across Brazilian...

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Higher long-term interest rates and the cost of student loans

Ogden, Kate; Ridpath, Nick; Waltmann, Ben - 2024

The debate around funding student loans has largely focused on what share of student loans will be repaid, and what share of the cost will need to be picked up by the taxpayer. Much less attention has been paid to the government cost of financing student loans that do get repaid. In this report,...

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What works and for whom? : effectiveness and efficiency of school capital investments across the U.S.

Biasi, Barbara; Lafortune, Julien; Schönholzer, David - 2024

This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school district bonds, test scores, and house prices for 29 U.S. states and a research design that exploits close elections with staggered timing, we show that increased...

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What works and for whom? : effectiveness and efficiency of school capital investments across the U.S.

Biasi, Barbara; Lafortune, Julien; Schönholzer, David - 2024

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What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across The U.S

Biasi, Barbara; Lafortune, Julien M.; Schönholzer, David - 2024

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What works and for whom? : effectiveness and efficiency of school capital investments across the U.S.

Biasi, Barbara; Lafortune, Julien; Schönholzer, David - 2024

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Estimating school provision, access and costs from local pupil counts under decentralised governance

Jacobs-Crisioni, Chris; Moreno, Ana Isabel; Kompil, Mert; … - 2024

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Loopholes and the incidence of public services : evidence from funding career & technical education

Goldring, Thomas; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Kreisman, Daniel; … - 2024

In 2015, Michigan increased it Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding and changed its funding formula to reimburse programsbased student progression through program curricula. Although this change nearly doubled program completion rates, student enrollment and persistence were unaffected;...

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School spending and performance in Canada and other high-income countries

Allison, Derek J. - 2024

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Affirmative action and private education expenditure by disadvantaged groups : evidence from India

Vinod, Athira - 2024

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Spending on special educational needs in England : something has to change

Sibieta, Luke; Snape, Darcey - 2024

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England has faced unprecedented pressure over the past decade, and without substantial reform it will likely become unmanageable for local authorities over the coming years. Fundamentally, this is due to the rocketing number of...

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Stress-testing a quasi-market : unintended consequences of the Swedish school voucher system

Bergh, Andreas; Wernberg, Joakim - 2024

Quasi-markets in the provision of public services are increasingly common but also highly contested. We formulate a conceptual framework based on economic theory to describe how quasi-markets differ from traditional markets in five aspects: 1) revenues, costs, and profits, 2) the matching of...

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Financial literacy, access to finance and the provision of school resources among private schools in Nigeria

Onakoya, Tunji S.; Potokri, Onoriode Collins - 2024

This study provides empirical data to expose the role of school owners' financial literacy in the relationship between access to finance and the provision of school resources among private schools in south- west Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was adopted to determine the participants...

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Private school admission policy and the choice of public schools : evidence from the housing market

Wu, Yan; Yang, Yanmin - 2024

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Are friends of schools the enemies of equity? : the interplay of school funding policies and external fundraising

Barrow, Lisa; Komisarow, Sarah; Sartain, Lauren - 2024

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Equality in education, synchronous enrolment policy and housing prices of school districts : based on the experience of Hangzhou

Tian, Chuanhao; Teng, Yu; Ji, Wenjun - 2024

Housing is the major way for Hangzhou residents to access public primary and secondary education resources. The implementation of educational equalization policies will impact housing prices, especially school district housing prices. This paper focuses on the synchronous enrollment policy,...

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Where do my tax dollars go? : tax morale effects of perceived government spending

Giaccobasso, Matías; Nathan, Brad; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2025

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Where do my tax dollars go? : tax morale effects of perceived government spending

Giaccobasso, Matías; Nathan, Brad; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2024

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Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending

Giaccobasso, Matías; Nathan, Brad C.; Perez-Truglia, … - 2022

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Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending

Giaccobasso, Matías; Nathan, Brad; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2022

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The effects of centralisation of school governance and funding on inequalities in education lessons from a policy reform in Hungary

Zoltán, Hermann; Semjén, András - 2021

In 2013 the responsibility for school governance and funding has been transferred from local governments to a central government agency in Hungary. The key objectives of this reform, as stated by policy makers, was to mitigate interjurisdictional inequalities in education. This paper explores...

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The cost of development : how TIF relates to property values across Nebraska school districts

Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong; Hoang, Trang; Schafer, Josephine Gatti - 2026

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8. Changing a school district through appreciative inquiry

Bushe, Gervase R. - 2026

Major Focus of the Case: The case follows the first two years of a cultural change process in a large diversified urban school district. The same organizational change process was used at eight sites (three were single high schools, two were combined elementary and high school sites, one was an...

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Returns to School Spending in Rural America: Evidence from Wisconsin's Sparsity Aid Program

Acton, Riley; Orr, Cody; Rogers, Salem - 2023

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Contexts of Convenience: Generalizing from Published Evaluations of School Finance Policies

Handel, Danielle V.; Hanushek, Eric A. - 2023

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Critical analysis of school fee collection strategies and financial accountability in public secondary schools in Kenya

Musungu, Gideon Daniel Inganga; Oseno, Ben; Rutto, Reuben - 2023

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Scottish budget 2023-24 : further analysis

Boileau, Bee; Ogden, Kate; Phillips, David; Sibieta, Luke; … - 2023

The aim of this report, the IFS's first in-depth analysis of the Scottish Government Budget, is to look at some of the key implications for the coming year, and for the longer term. We do not attempt to cover all of the different services that the Scottish Government is responsible for, or all...

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Council and school funding

Ogden, Kate; Phillips, David; Sibieta, Luke - 2023

After health, funding for Scottish councils is the second largest item in the Scottish Government's Budget. In the original 2022-23 budget as passed by the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government allocated £10.6 billion to councils as part of the main local government portfolio, with...

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