%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.
%A Alessandro Belmonte
%A Vincenzo Bove
%A Giovanna D'Inverno
%A Marco Modica
%L eprints3719
%T School Infrastructure Spending and Educational Outcomes in Northern Italy
%I IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
%R IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
%N 6
%K Keywords: education; school infrastructure spending; high school.
JEL Classification: I22, I24, H75.
%D 2017