- Title
- The Effects of School Construction on Student and District Outcomes: Evidence from a State-Funded Program in Ohio
- Author(s)
- Felipe M. Goncalves Felipe Goncalves (Princeton University)
- Abstract
- I study an ongoing state-subsidized program of rebuilding and renovating Ohio's K-12 public schools and investigate the effect of improved facility quality on student and school district outcomes. The completion of a project increases public school enrollment and district property values. Test scores do not measurably improve upon completion and suffer significant reductions during construction. The implied willingness to pay for a project is lower than total costs but greater than the cost borne by district residents. While the program led to a narrowing in expenditures across district wealth, I find little evidence that it reduced disparities in student outcomes.
- Creation Date
- 2015-11
- Section URL ID
- Paper Number
- 593
- URL
- https://dataspace.princeton.edu/bitstream/88435/dsp01dj52w707z/5/593.pdf
- File Function
- Jel
- I21, L74
- Keyword(s)
- Ohio
- Suppress
- false
- Series
- 1