eprintid: 3719
rev_number: 11
eprint_status: archive
userid: 6
dir: disk0/00/00/37/19
datestamp: 2017-07-17 09:10:36
lastmod: 2017-07-17 09:10:36
status_changed: 2017-07-17 09:10:36
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Belmonte, Alessandro
creators_name: Bove, Vincenzo
creators_name: D'Inverno, Giovanna
creators_name: Modica, Marco
creators_id: alessandro.belmonte@imtlucca.it
creators_id: 
creators_id: giovanna.dinverno@imtlucca.it
creators_id: 
title: School Infrastructure Spending and Educational Outcomes in Northern Italy
ispublished: pub
subjects: DG
subjects: HB
subjects: LB1603
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: imt_eic_working_paper
keywords: Keywords: education; school infrastructure spending; high school.
JEL Classification: I22, I24, H75.
abstract: 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.
date: 2017-07
date_type: published
number: 6
pages: 21
id_number: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
institution: IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
issn: 2279-6894
citation:   Belmonte, Alessandro and Bove, Vincenzo and D'Inverno, Giovanna and Modica, Marco  School Infrastructure Spending and Educational Outcomes in Northern Italy.  EIC working paper series  #6/2017     ISSN 2279-6894.      
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/3719/1/EIC_WP_6_2017.pdf