Examining the impact of capital on academic achievement

Efficiency in public schools: Does competition matter?

“…9 General expenditures per pupil and capital expenditures per pupil are commonly hypothesized to influence educational quality (Sander, 1993;Unnever et al, 2000;Jones and Zimmer, 2001). Finally, some evidence links school and district size itself to educational quality (Bradley and Taylor, 1998;Driscoll et al, 2003); as a result, we do not scale teachers, administrators, and schools by the number of students.…”

The Effects of Individual and School Factors on University Students' Academic Performance

“…In this context the effectiveness of the education sector is generally defined to mean its impact on student performance. Most research to date has focused on the links between high schools and outcomes such as student academic achievement, earnings of graduates, and employment beyond schooling (Rumberger and Thomas 1993;Ehrenberg and Brewer 1994;Akerhielm 1995;Meyera 1997;Jones and Zimmer 2001). Very little attention has been given in the academic literature to investigating the student and school determinants of university students' academic performance.…”

The Impact of Facilities on the Cost of Education

“…We use a newly available series of capital stock indicators. Previous studies that have wanted to include capital stock measures have used proxies such as the number of books in the school library, school expenditures on maintenance, equipment and library books, or bond indebtedness (Jones and Zimmer, 2001;Callan and Santerre, 1990). In this paper, the capital stock indicators are based on insurance records and insurance valuations provided by individual school district superintendents.…”