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Title: Demographic changes and education expenditures: A reinterpretation

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: Several empirical studies have estimated a negative relationship between the share of an area's elderly population and per-pupil education spending. These findings have often been interpreted as evidence that an aging population has hindered the growth in per-pupil expenditures. We offer a reinterpretation of these oft-cited estimates and demonstrate that the population has aged in a way not reflected in these earlier studies empirical designs. After fully accounting for actual U.S. population trends, we demonstrate that a rise in the elderly share of the population has resulted in a rise in per-pupil education spending, not a decline.

Url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775715000023

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Authors: Kurban, Haydar; Gallagher, Ryan M; Persky, Joseph J

Periodical (Full): Economics of Education Review

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Volume: 45

Pages: 103-108

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Topics: Education

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