TY - JOUR
T1 - Education finance reform, local behavior, and student performance in Massachusetts
AU - Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong
AU - Yinger, John
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study examines the impact on student performance of the education finance reform enacted in 1993 in Massachusetts and of school districts' institutional structure. Estimating education expenditure and demand functions, this study presents evidence that changes in the state education aid following the education reform resulted in significantly higher student performance. Also, school officials and voters in the dependent school districts in Massachusetts respond to fiscal incentives in much the same way as those in independent school districts in other states. Finally, there are significant differences between regular school districts (coterminous with a single municipality) and regional school districts (consisting of more than one).
AB - This study examines the impact on student performance of the education finance reform enacted in 1993 in Massachusetts and of school districts' institutional structure. Estimating education expenditure and demand functions, this study presents evidence that changes in the state education aid following the education reform resulted in significantly higher student performance. Also, school officials and voters in the dependent school districts in Massachusetts respond to fiscal incentives in much the same way as those in independent school districts in other states. Finally, there are significant differences between regular school districts (coterminous with a single municipality) and regional school districts (consisting of more than one).
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U2 - 10.1353/jef.2014.0026
DO - 10.1353/jef.2014.0026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84901918710
SN - 0098-9495
VL - 39
SP - 297
EP - 322
JO - Journal of Education Finance
JF - Journal of Education Finance
IS - 4
ER -