没有代表就没有支出:学校董事会和教育财政中的种族差距

IF 5.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Economic Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI:10.1257/pol.20200475

Brett Fischer

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本文提供的因果证据表明，学校董事会中少数族裔代表的增加意味着对少数族裔学生的投资增加。以加州的学校董事会为重点，我利用随机投票的方式为少数族裔(特别是西班牙裔)代表投票，并利用来自全州资本投资计划的新数据来获取学区内的资源分配。我展示了西班牙裔董事会成员将边际资金投资于他们辖区内的高西班牙裔学校。高西班牙裔学校的学生成绩也有所提高，教师流动率也有所下降。我的结论是，提高少数族裔在学校董事会中的代表性，有助于消除长期存在的教育不平等。Jel (h75, i21, i22, i24, j15)

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No Spending without Representation: School Boards and the Racial Gap in Education Finance

This paper provides causal evidence that greater minority representation on school boards translates into greater investment in minority students. Focusing on California school boards, I instrument for minority (specifically, Hispanic) representation using random ballot ordering and leverage new data from a statewide capital investment program to capture intradistrict resource allocations. I show that Hispanic board members invest the marginal dollar in high-Hispanic schools within their districts. High-Hispanic schools also exhibit gains in student achievement and decreased teacher turnover. I conclude that enhancing minority representation on school boards could help combat long-standing disparities in education. JEL (H75, I21, I22, I24, J15)

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American Economic Journal-Economic Policy ECONOMICS-

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8.20

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1.90%

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期刊介绍： The American Economic Review (AER) is a general-interest economics journal. The journal publishes 12 issues containing articles on a broad range of topics. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and most respected scholarly journals in economics. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy publishes papers covering a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. Subject areas include public economics; urban and regional economics; public policy aspects of health, education, welfare and political institutions; law and economics; economic regulation; and environmental and natural resource economics.