TY  - RPRT
AV  - public
SN  - 2279-6894
KW  - Keywords: education; school infrastructure spending; high school.
JEL Classification: I22
KW  -  I24
KW  -  H75.
ID  - eprints3719
N2  - 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.
M1  - imt_eic_working_paper
Y1  - 2017/07//
VL  - IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
TI  - School Infrastructure Spending and Educational Outcomes in Northern Italy
A1  - Belmonte, Alessandro
A1  - Bove, Vincenzo
A1  - D'Inverno, Giovanna
A1  - Modica, Marco
UR  - http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3719/
EP  - 21
ER  -