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Toutkoushian, Robert K.; Hollis, Paula – Education Economics, 1998
Uses panel data on 1982 to 1996 state appropriations to examine the sensitivity of results from the legislative-demand model to changes in statistical methodology employed. Signs and significant levels of variables used in this model vary widely when least-squares and fixed-effects methods are used. Expected relationships between state…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Demand, Higher Education
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Hanushek, Eric A.; And Others – Education Economics, 1996
The states exhibit policy variations affecting school districts' local environment. This paper develops a theoretical model demonstrating that bias induced by omitting relevant state characteristics is greater in state-level analyses than in less aggregate studies. Aggregation to the state level inflates the coefficients on school input variables.…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
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Mayston, David J. – Education Economics, 1996
Explores whether observed levels of educational attainment and expenditure per student are endogenously determined by schools' optimizing behavior in resource-allocation decisions, considering both supply- and demand-side factors. This process can generate patterns of expenditure per student in line with empirical findings. Difficulties with…
Descriptors: Econometrics, Educational Attainment, Educational Policy, Efficiency