Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Labor Supply, Learning Time, and the Efficiency of School Spending: Evidence from School Finance Reforms. EdWorkingPaper No. 25-1287 |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
John Bodian Klopfer, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University |
| Source: |
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2025. |
| Availability: |
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/ |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
65 |
| Publication Date: |
2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: |
DCE1148900 |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Educational Finance, Finance Reform, Expenditures, Academic Achievement, Value Added Models, National Competency Tests, National Surveys, School Effectiveness, Time Factors (Learning), School Personnel, Working Hours, Extended School Year |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: |
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Current Population Survey |
| Abstract: |
Does school spending raise achievement? I show that effects, benchmarked by schools' daily value added, are one-tenth to one-third as large as spending growth. Using school finance reforms for identification, I show that schools did not raise quality measured by value added. Instead, schools raised quantity measured by time diaries of staff and student hours, more than spending, with most hours added after testing. Private time costs of reforms exceed public costs. Achievement effects are small due to fadeout and delayed measurement, suggesting long-run economic effects may be more informative. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2026 |
| Accession Number: |
ED678255 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
