Replication data for: School Finance Reform and the Distribution of Student Achievement

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Project Citation:

Lafortune, Julien, Rothstein, Jesse, and Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore. Replication data for: School Finance Reform and the Distribution of Student Achievement. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113709V1

Project Description

Summary: We study the impact of post-1990 school finance reforms, during the so-called "adequacy" era, on absolute and relative spending and achievement in low-income school districts. Using an event study research design that exploits the apparent randomness of reform timing, we show that reforms lead to sharp, immediate, and sustained increases in spending in low-income school districts. Using representative samples from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, we find that reforms cause increases in the achievement of students in these districts, phasing in gradually over the years following the reform. The implied effect of school resources on educational achievement is large.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      I24 Education and Inequality
      I28 Education: Government Policy

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