This paper estimates the returns to postsecondary education using the National Longitudinal Survey of the Class of 1972, with earnings measured at about age 32. The results are based on transcripts, rather than self-reports about the amount of education, allowing postsecondary education to be...

Based on a model of school district behavior, this paper investigates the determinants of school revenue and expenditure variation using data for California unified school districts The effects of stratifying the statewide sample by district size and by wealth are considered in detail The...

The Tiebout model implies, under certain assumptions, that communities will become increasingly homogeneous by income and preferences, and perhaps by race, land use, and other community characteristics. This article tests the hypothesis of increasing homogeneity with equations describing changes...

Discretion at the local level in the administration of state or federal programs may generate inequalities in spending among the different localities within a state. Among the counties of Texas, inequalities in welfare programs-Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps-prove...