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dc.contributor.authorBillger, Sherrilyn M.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:08:16Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:08:16Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36362-
dc.description.abstractIn our current challenging budgetary environment, school closures remain a potentially attractive choice. With a large panel of Illinois schools from 1991 to 2005, I investigate which factors contribute to school closures. Among elementary schools, declining enrolments and rural locations coincide with closures. However, schools with higher per-pupil spending are ceteris paribus less likely to close. Furthermore, better test scores also yield lower probabilities. High expenditures contribute to junior high closure, but the most significant predictors are the proportions of black and low income students. Administrators may claim that low enrolments and high spending motivate school closures, but in Illinois, that is not the whole story.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4739en
dc.subject.jelI22en
dc.subject.jelI28en
dc.subject.jelH75en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEducation financeen
dc.subject.keywordeducation administrationen
dc.subject.keywordschool closuresen
dc.subject.keywordtax policyen
dc.subject.stwAllgemeinbildende Schuleen
dc.subject.stwLiquidationen
dc.subject.stwSchulfinanzierungen
dc.subject.stwBildungsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwBildungsökonomiken
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwIllinoisen
dc.titleDemographics, fiscal health, and school quality: shedding light on school closure decisions-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn620620218en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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