affected by the Great Recession. Using a rich panel data set of New York State school districts and a trend-shift analysis, we … in that they shed light on how recessions and fiscal policy can affect school finance dynamics, and provide important …

accountability system's ranking of schools based on performance measures, and of a unique school level expenditure data set, to make … causal estimates of the effect of being ranked as "low-performing" on school spending decisions. The results indicate that …

In 2013 the responsibility for school governance and funding has been transferred from local governments to a central …, and student achievement on the other. First, we estimate elasticities of per-student school expenditures to average income … in municipalities. The results reveal a substantial equalization of school resources: before the reform rich …

education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … still leave school at a young age and often learn little while in school. This chapter reviews recent research on the impact …