Local Politics and the Demand for Public Education

Colburn, Christopher B.; Horowitz, John B.

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“…There is similar, more limited, evidence of similar expenditure patterns from the USA. Two separate studies on transport infrastructure (Boschken 1998) and education (Colburn and Horowitz 2003) demonstrate, on a state level, that areas with a higher concentration of high socio‐economic status individuals spend more on high‐technology transport infrastructure (light rail as opposed to buses) and education. In the latter case the relationship is slightly parabolic, as those areas dominated by people on very high incomes (over $75,000 per annum) have a reduced expenditure as people exit to the private schooling system.…”

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Middle‐Class Political Activism and Middle‐Class Advantage in Relation to Public Services: A Realist Synthesis of the Evidence Base

Matthews

Hastings

2012

Soc Policy Adm

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Since the late 1960s social policy scholarship has been concerned with the distribution of the resources or benefits across social gradients. This paper presents a review of the literature on one mechanism by which inequity might be produced -activism by middle-class service users enabling them to capture a disproportionate share of resources. The review used the methodology of realist synthesis to bring together evidence from the UK, US and Scandinavian countries over the past thirty years.The aim was to construct a "middle-theory" to understand how and in which contexts collective and individual activity by middle-class service users might produce inequitable resource allocation or rationing decisions that 2 disproportionately benefit middle-class service users. The paper identifies four causal theories which nuance the view that it is the "sharp elbows" of the middle-classes which confer advantage on this group. It shows how advantage accrues via the interplay between service users, providers and the broader policy and social context.

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Section: Causal Theories and Evidencementioning

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Middle‐Class Political Activism and Middle‐Class Advantage in Relation to Public Services: A Realist Synthesis of the Evidence Base

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Hastings

2012

Soc Policy Adm

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“…This increase is what drives the sharp rise in the mismatch fragmentation index. Colburn and Horowitz (2003) used the fragmentation index to represent racial heterogeneity, though the authors only divided race into white and black. Using a cross-section of Virginia cities and counties, the authors found that the racial heterogeneity has a negative effect on education spending.…”

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Elderly Ethnic Fragmentation and Support for Local Public Education

Ajilore

2008

Public Finance Review

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This article considers the relationship between ethnicity within the elderly population and education spending. Extensive literature analyzes the relationship between demographics and education spending. This article contributes to this literature by examining the dynamics between the elderly population and ethnicity and its impact on education finance. Using a national panel public school district data set, it is found that increased ethnic fragmentation within the elderly population is negatively related to perpupil spending and to per-pupil local revenues, but this effect depends on whether the state has a court-ordered reform.

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“…In addition, expenditures per capita are found to depend on the per capita income (e.g., Fernandez and Rogerson, 1996). Colburn and Horowitz (2003) For German counties, Schwarz and Weishaupt (2013) provide an analysis on the determinants of per student expenditures for primary schools. The variation between Länder can mostly be explained by differences concerning the school system and all-day care.…”

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Vocational schools as an instrument of interregional competition—Empirical evidence from German counties

Bischoff

Hauschildt

2018

Rev Reg Res

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The German apprenticeship system is widely known throughout the world. We analyze expenditures on vocational schools on county level using data from 213 West-German counties between 2001 and 2006. We use spatial econometrics to test for spatial correlation in counties' expenditure on vocational schools but find no evidence that vocational schools serve as instrument in inter-county competition. While the theoretical literature suggests that spending should be higher for apprentices from small firms, we find a negative relationship between the share of apprentices from small firms and the expenditures per pupil. Expenditures are found to increase in the share of Christian Democrats in the county council.

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Local Politics and the Demand for Public Education

Cited by 16 publications

References 20 publications

Middle‐Class Political Activism and Middle‐Class Advantage in Relation to Public Services: A Realist Synthesis of the Evidence Base

Middle‐Class Political Activism and Middle‐Class Advantage in Relation to Public Services: A Realist Synthesis of the Evidence Base

Elderly Ethnic Fragmentation and Support for Local Public Education

Vocational schools as an instrument of interregional competition—Empirical evidence from German counties

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