effects of desegregation on public and private enrollment and the system of school finance for Louisiana. I show that the … system of school finance in Louisiana had long favored whites in high black enrollment share districts. Because of this …

beneficiaries, black students. In Louisiana, substantial reductions in segregation between 1965 and 1970 were accompanied by large … attainment for blacks and sheds new light on the potential mechanism behind this improvement in Louisiana: increased funding for …