Seeing Gray: School Bond Issues and the Aging in Florida

Button, James W.; Rosenbaum, Walter A.

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“…The evidence also is mixed regarding the voting patterns of the elderly. Button and Rosenbaum (1989) found that age was less important in school bond votes than other socioeconomic variables such as education and income. This result is countered by Button's (1992) recent examination of the impact of aging voters on school bond referenda in Florida.…”

Section: Elderly Voting Patternsmentioning

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Aging Population and City Spending

Simonsen

1994

Journal of Urban Affairs

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This paper examines the relationship between aging and spending change for cities in Oregon. There is evidence that high growth in the share of the 65 years and older population has a significant depressing effect on overall spending change. The overall negative effect on spending somewhat supports the “Gray Peril” hypothesis. Also, rates of change in police spending are predicted to be high where the proportion of the elderly population is high. Police protection is a service that is of great, but not exclusive, importance to older residents. Police protection also is a basic public service and it may be that the elderly are more willing to support core services that historically have been government provided.

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Section: Elderly Voting Patternsmentioning

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Aging Population and City Spending

Simonsen

1994

Journal of Urban Affairs

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“…Moreover, wealthier, higher-income, and more educated voters supportedgreater educational expenditures (Chomitz, 1987). This conclusion is seconded in a recent analysis cf the voting patterns on school bond referenda of the elderly in Florida which determined that, at least in the last several years, the presence of politically organized, educated, and relatively affluent older people tends to lead to increased support for local edacation (Button and Rosenbaum, 1989).…”

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Hirshorn¹

1991

Marriage & Family Review

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“…Biggar et al (1980) found that elderly in-migrants broaden the tax base, but other studies suggest that the elderly may provide little support for increasing the property tax to pay for services (Deller and Walzer, 1993;Tripple et al 1988). Reeder and Glasgow (1990) found that a concentration of elderly in a community restrains funding of public education and highways, and other researchers also note that the elderly are less likely to support public school tax referenda (Button, 1992;Button and Rosenbaum, 1989;Hamilton and Cohen, 1974;Piele and Hall, 1973). In…”

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“…where Y is a dichotomous dependent variable, and P's are personal characteristics of respondents. Several studies have suggested that the influence of age on attitudes towards taxes is insignificant when education level and income are considered (Button and Rosenbaum, 1989;Rubinfeld, 1977). Educational attainment was measured by a dummy variable.…”

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“…Whether the elderly's attitudes towards lowering the real property tax have a meaningful impact on local tax policy is important to consider. This can be done by considering the relationship between the elderly and specific referenda or tax increases (see, for example, Deller and Walzer, 1993;Trip-pIe et al, 1988;Button, 1989;Hamilton and Cohen, 1974). In states which do not allow local tax referenda, it is necessary instead to look directly for evidence that these attitudes are reflected in local tax policy.…”

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The Impact of an Aging Rural Population on Local Tax Structures

Kelsey

Smith

Luloff

1995

Agric. resour. econ. rev.

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The growing American retired population increasingly is viewed for its economic development potential. The relationship between the elderly and local taxes may have a critical effect on this potential, however. This paper examines the local tax implications of an increasing elderly population in communities prohibiting tax referenda. In such communities, citizens have no direct role in tax decisions. The elderly's attitudes towards different local taxes are examined using telephone survey data, before using aggregate data to investigate the relationship between the elderly and the specific taxes used in communities. The results suggest that a high proportion of elderly do not affect the mix of local taxes, but that an increasing proportion does have an influence.The growing American elderly and retired popula-subject to voter approval, however. The impact of tion increasingly is viewed for its economic devel-a growing elderly population in such areas may be opment potential. Advocates of retirement-based entirely different than when citizens vote directly economic development argue that retirees are an about tax issues. attractive base upon which to build or diversify an This paper examines the local tax implications economy. In-migrant elderly are particularly at-of the elderly population in Pennsylvania, a state tractive, as they are relatively young (between 55 which does not allow local referenda. It first conand 65), purchase housing, deposit money in local siders attitudes towards local taxes in case studies banks, and contribute to the local economy without of four rural Pennsylvania counties, with attention demanding many services in return. In addition, to the influence of in-migrant vs. aged-in-place they argue, whether the retirees are in-migrants or status on those attitudes. The paper then takes a aging-in-place, retirement incomes are relatively broader focus by examining whether a large and stable, contrary to incomes in much of the private growing elderly population affects annual tax levsector.ies, using secondary data for all municipalities in A growing elderly population may also affect Pennsylvania. The impacts considered include the ability of local governments to levy taxes. If a whether specific taxes are levied, and the relative growing elderly population hinders local govern-importance of those taxes. ments' abilities to raise taxes at the same time it increases the demand on public services, the net fiscal impact may be negative. Earlier studies have Impacts of the Elderly looked at the relationship between the elderly and local taxes, generally by examining the elderly's Many recent studies suggest that elderly insupport for local tax referenda or bonds. Most such migrants have positive economic impacts on their studies have suggested that the elderly are not sup-destination rural communities (Haas and Serow, portive of increasing taxes, with consequent impli-1988; Longino and Crown, 1990; Siegel and cations for local jurisdictions. These results may

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Seeing Gray: School Bond Issues and the Aging in Florida

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