The Effect of California Proposition 13 and Similar Education Finance Reforms on Public and Private School Enrollments Öffentlichkeit
Bishnoi, Vikram (2011)
Abstract
Abstract
The Effect of California Proposition 13 and Similar Education
Finance Reforms on Public and Private School Enrollments
By Vikram Bishnoi
How public schools should be properly funded has long been a
debated subject. Whether solely local and
municipal governments should fund public school education or
whether state and federal governments
should aid the schools has been a particular issue for the state of
California. With the passage of State
Amendment Proposition 13 (1978), California saw a shortfall in
overall funding towards its public
schools and a sharp decline in spending-per-pupil due to a lower
collection of the state property tax. This
paper examines resulting changes in public and private school
enrollments in California through a
difference-in-difference approach with neighboring states, Oregon
and Arizona, and their corresponding
school financing reforms. Evidence suggests that Proposition 13 did
result in increased private enrollment
relative to public enrollment whereas control groups Arizona and
Oregon did not, although there were
decreasing total and per-pupil education expenditures
post-legislation for each of the three states.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
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2. Prior Literature
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3. Tiebout Model/Theory
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4.
Data........................................................................................................................................8
5. Control Groups - Arizona and Oregon
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6. Empirical
Models..................................................................................................................13
7.
Results..................................................................................................................................16
8. Discussion and Conclusion
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References
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Appendix
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Description of Variables
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Table 2: Summary Statistics
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Table 3:
Correlations.....................................................................................................27
Table 4: Empirical Models
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Private to Public Enrollment
Ratio..................................................................29
Figure 2: Total Education Expenditure Per Public School
Student.................................29
Figure 3: 10-90th Percentile Differences (Education
Expenditure).................................30
Figure 4: 25-75th Percentile Differences (Education
Expenditure).................................30
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