Journal article
No Base Left Behind: The Impact of Military Base Closures on Educational Expenditures and Outcomes
Public finance review, Vol.42(4), pp.439-465
07/2014
DOI: 10.1177/1091142113482570
Abstract
This study examines the effects of military base closures on educational expenditures and student outcomes with a national panel data set of school districts between 1990 and 2002. We adopt difference-in-differences estimation in combination with propensity score matching and instrumental variables techniques to estimate these effects. We find that per-pupil spending increases by 25.2 percent in the first year, where it remains. We also find a substantial decrease in graduation rates, but an improving trend occurs in the years after the closure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- No Base Left Behind: The Impact of Military Base Closures on Educational Expenditures and Outcomes
- Creators
- Phuong Nguyen-Hoang - School of Urban and Regional Planning, Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USARyan Yeung - Department of Public Administration, The College of Brockport MetroCenter, State University of New York College, Rochester, NY, USAAlexander Bogin - Federal Housing Finance Agency, Washington, DC, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Public finance review, Vol.42(4), pp.439-465
- DOI
- 10.1177/1091142113482570
- ISSN
- 1091-1421
- eISSN
- 1552-7530
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2014
- Academic Unit
- School of Planning and Public Affairs; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984083825502771
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