Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis

Lastra Anadón, Carlos; E. Peterson, Paul

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Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis

dc.contributor.author	Lastra Anadón, Carlos
dc.contributor.author	E. Peterson, Paul
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dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-14T11:55:26Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-14T11:55:26Z
dc.date.issued	2020-08
dc.description.abstract	The efficiency-equity trade-offs in public service delivery may be influenced by the dependency of local governments on their own resources rather than inter-governmental grants. School districts in the United States are expected both to produce human capital efficiently and to provide educational opportunity equally. To ascertain school district trade-offs, we estimate effects of revenue source on student performances in math and reading. Achievement is estimated from 225,000 observations weighted to be district representative. Estimates are made with OLS, geographic discontinuity models exploiting differences at state borders, and 2SLS models that use changes in housing prices as an instrument. For every 10 percent increase in local revenue share, achievement increases by a sizeable 0.02 to 0.06 standard deviations. Gains for students from low socio-economic backgrounds are about half those from higher ones. Both voice and exit channels moderate the efficiency-equity trade-off. Implications for federalism and state policy are discussed.
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dc.description.status	Published
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dc.identifier.citation	Lastra-Anadón, Carlos X., and Paul E. Peterson. (2020). Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis. (EdWorkingPaper: 19 -131). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/q0nm-y973
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.26300/q0nm-y973
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3553
dc.journal.title	Annenberg Edexchange EdWorkingPapers
dc.language.iso	en
dc.page.total	54
dc.publisher	Annenberg Brown University
dc.relation.department	Comparative Politics
dc.relation.entity	IE University
dc.relation.school	IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
dc.subject.keyword	College access
dc.subject.keyword	College aspirations
dc.subject.keyword	Socioeconomic gaps
dc.subject.keyword	College costs and returns
dc.subject.keyword	Information
dc.title	Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis
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