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School infrastructure spending and educational outcomes : evidence from the 2012 earthquake in Northern Italy
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Belmonte, A., `Bove, Vincenzo, D'Inverno, G. and Modica, M. (2020) School infrastructure spending and educational outcomes : evidence from the 2012 earthquake in Northern Italy. Economics of Education Review, 75 . 101951. doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101951 ISSN 0272-7757.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101951
Abstract
We explore whether investment in school infrastructure affects students’ achievement. We use data on extra funding to state 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: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Education -- Italy -- Finance, Education and state -- Italy, Education, Secondary -- Economic aspects -- Italy | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Economics of Education Review | ||||||||
Publisher: | Pergamon Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0272-7757 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 75 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 101951 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101951 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 December 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 June 2021 | ||||||||
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