%0 Report
%9 EIC working paper series
%@ IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
%A Belmonte, Alessandro
%A Bove, Vincenzo
%A D'Inverno, Giovanna
%A Modica, Marco
%D 2017
%F eprints:3719
%I IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
%K Keywords: education; school infrastructure spending; high school.  JEL Classification: I22, I24, H75.
%N 6
%T School Infrastructure Spending and Educational Outcomes in Northern Italy
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3719/
%X We explore whether investment in public school infrastructure affects  students' achievement. We use data on extra funding to public  high schools after the 2012 Northern Italy earthquake and apply a  quasi-experimental design and an instrumental variable strategy. We find that spending on school infrastructure increases standardized test  scores in mathematics and Italian language, and the effect is stronger  for lower-achieving students and in mathematics. These results provide  evidence in favor of a positive impact of capital spending in improving  the learning environment and performances of high school  students.