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.
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2019 | |
Titolo: | School infrastructure spending and educational outcomes: Evidence from the 2012 earthquake in Northern Italy | |
Rivista: | ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101951 | |
Volume: | N/D | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.1 Articolo su rivista |
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