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Project Citation: 

Cascio, Elizabeth U., and Reber, Sarah. Replication data for: The Poverty Gap in School Spending Following the Introduction of Title I. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112630V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act explicitly directed more federal aid for K-12 education to poorer areas for the first time in US history, with a goal of promoting regional convergence in school spending. Using newly collected data, we find some evidence that Title I narrowed the gap in per-pupil school spending between richer and poorer states in the short- to medium-run. However, the program was small relative to then-existing poverty gaps in school spending; even in the absence of crowd-out by local or state governments, the program could have reduced the gap by only 15 percent.

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JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      H52 National Government Expenditures and Education
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs


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