School Finance Reforms, Teachers' Unions, and the Allocation of School Resources
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19315083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Brunner (0000-0002-0595-4474), Joshua Hyman (Amherst College), Andrew Ju (0000-0002-2904-8564, Jacksonville University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473-489 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Economics and Statistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6535 • E-ISSN: 1530-9142 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/rest_a_00828 |
| OpenAlex | W2919501669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 23 |
School finance reforms caused some of the most dramatic increases in intergovernmental aid from states to local governments in U.S. history. We examine whether teachers' unions affected the fraction of reform-induced state aid that passed through to local spending and the allocation of these funds. Districts with strong teachers' unions increased spending nearly dollar-for-dollar with state aid and spent the funds primarily on teacher compensation. Districts with weak unions used aid primarily for property tax relief and spent remaining funds on hiring new teachers. The greater expenditure increases in strong union districts led to larger increases in student achievement
Business · Compensation (psychology) · Economics · Labour economics · Liberian dollar · Property tax · Revenue · School district · Sociology · State (computer science) · Finance · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · School Choice and Performance
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Anomalies
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |