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.
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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.
| Item Type: | Working Paper (EIC working paper series) |
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| Identification Number: | IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Keywords: education; school infrastructure spending; high school. JEL Classification: I22, I24, H75. |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DG Italy H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools |
| Research Area: | Economics and Institutional Change |
| Depositing User: | Ms T. Iannizzi |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2017 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2017 09:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/3719 |
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