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Local Tax Limits, Student Achievement, and School-Finance Equalization
Journal of Education Finance ( IF 0.2 ) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/jef.2016.0005
Matthew Davis , Andrea Vedder , Joe Stone

Evidence that local tax and expenditure limits (TELs) for public K-12 schools lower student achievement is widely attributed to the effects of reduced funding, but our results cast doubt on reduced funding as the primary explanation for negative effects of TELs and instead suggest the importance of the predictability of funding. Students in districts subject to more severe local tax limits in Oregon score less well on eighth-grade tests in mathematics, but reduced funding is not the reason. Our analysis expands prior work by accounting for the extent to which TELs are actually binding, as well as for both pecuniary and non-pecuniary effects of TELs. Distinguishing pecuniary and non-pecuniary effects allows us to document that the negative effect of TELs in Oregon is not due to reduced expenditures. The state’s school-finance equalization (SFE) tends to offset funding differentials, so TELs have no significant effect on funding, but even if TELs did affect funding, the negative effect of TELs on achievement is significant even if district expenditures are held constant. Instead, the negative effect of more restrictive TELs appears to work by disrupting local planning. We isolate this effect by distinguishing the more uncertain first year of each biennial budget from the second year. Our quasi-experimental design accounts for district and year fixed effects, as well as for district-specific variations in expenditures and student attributes. Results are robust to a placebo test designed to reveal spurious correlation and to several alternative specifications.

中文翻译:

地方税收限制,学生成绩和学校财政均等化

有证据表明,公立K-12学校的当地税收和支出限制(TELs)降低了学生的成绩,这广泛归因于资金减少的影响,但我们的结果令人怀疑资金减少是否是TELs负面影响的主要解释,而是表明资金可预测性的重要性。在俄勒冈州受到更严格的地方税收限制的地区的学生,在数学八年级考试中的成绩不及美国,但并不是减少经费的原因。我们的分析通过考虑TEL实际具有约束力的程度以及TEL的金钱和非金钱影响来扩展先前的工作。区分金钱和非金钱影响使我们可以证明,电话电报在俄勒冈州的负面影响并不是由于支出减少。该州的学费均等化(SFE)趋向于抵消资金差异,因此TELs不会对资金产生重大影响,但是即使TELs确实影响了资金,即使地区支出保持不变,TELs也会对成绩产生负面影响。取而代之的是,限制性更强的电话的负面影响似乎通过破坏本地计划而起作用。我们通过将每个两年期预算中比较不确定的第一年与第二年区分开来来隔离这种影响。我们的准实验设计考虑了学区和学年的固定影响,以及学区特定的支出和学生属性变化。结果对旨在揭示虚假相关性的安慰剂测试和多种替代规范具有鲁棒性。但是即使电话确实影响了资金,即使地区支出保持不变,电话对成就的负面影响也很明显。取而代之的是,限制性更强的电话的负面影响似乎通过破坏本地计划而起作用。我们通过将每个两年期预算中比较不确定的第一年与第二年区分开来来隔离这种影响。我们的准实验设计考虑了学区和学年的固定影响,以及学区特定的支出和学生属性变化。结果对旨在揭示虚假相关性的安慰剂测试和多种替代规范具有鲁棒性。但是即使电话确实影响了资金,即使地区支出保持不变,电话对成就的负面影响也很明显。取而代之的是,限制性更强的电话的负面影响似乎通过破坏本地计划而起作用。我们通过将每个两年期预算中比较不确定的第一年与第二年区分开来来隔离这种影响。我们的准实验设计考虑了学区和学年的固定影响,以及学区特定的支出和学生属性变化。结果对旨在揭示虚假相关性的安慰剂测试和多种替代规范具有鲁棒性。限制性更强的电话的负面影响似乎可以通过破坏本地规划来发挥作用。我们通过将每个两年期预算中比较不确定的第一年与第二年区分开来来隔离这种影响。我们的准实验设计考虑了学区和学年的固定影响,以及学区特定的支出和学生属性变化。结果对于设计用来揭示虚假相关性的安慰剂测试和多种替代规范具有鲁棒性。限制性更强的电话的负面影响似乎可以通过破坏本地规划来发挥作用。我们通过将每个两年期预算中比较不确定的第一年与第二年区分开来来隔离这种影响。我们的准实验设计考虑了学区和学年的固定影响,以及学区特定的支出和学生属性变化。结果对旨在揭示虚假相关性的安慰剂测试和多种替代规范具有鲁棒性。
更新日期:2016-01-01
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