?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=IMT+School+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3719%2F&rft.title=School+Infrastructure+Spending+and+Educational+Outcomes+in+Northern+Italy&rft.creator=Belmonte%2C+Alessandro&rft.creator=Bove%2C+Vincenzo&rft.creator=D'Inverno%2C+Giovanna&rft.creator=Modica%2C+Marco&rft.subject=DG+Italy&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=LB1603+Secondary+Education.+High+schools&rft.description=We+explore+whether+investment+in+public+school+infrastructure+affects%0D%0Astudents'+achievement.+We+use+data+on+extra+funding+to+public%0D%0Ahigh+schools+after+the+2012+Northern+Italy+earthquake+and+apply+a%0D%0Aquasi-experimental+design+and+an+instrumental+variable+strategy.+We+find+that+spending+on+school+infrastructure+increases+standardized+test%0D%0Ascores+in+mathematics+and+Italian+language%2C+and+the+effect+is+stronger%0D%0Afor+lower-achieving+students+and+in+mathematics.+These+results+provide%0D%0Aevidence+in+favor+of+a+positive+impact+of+capital+spending+in+improving%0D%0Athe+learning+environment+and+performances+of+high+school%0D%0Astudents.&rft.date=2017-07&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3719%2F1%2FEIC_WP_6_2017.pdf&rft.identifier=++Belmonte%2C+Alessandro+and+Bove%2C+Vincenzo+and+D'Inverno%2C+Giovanna+and+Modica%2C+Marco++School+Infrastructure+Spending+and+Educational+Outcomes+in+Northern+Italy.++EIC+working+paper+series++%236%2F2017+++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++&rft.relation=IMT+School+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca