Analysis of career histories of 9,756 Washington teachers using a transition probability model shows that teachers work for less time in districts that spend more for administrators or nonteachers, female teachers stay longer when teacher salaries increase relative to other local jobs, and male teachers stay longer when teachers are paid more…

The study focuses on the behavior of local school districts in allocating their budgets among teachers, other professional educators, support personnel, and nonpersonnel inputs. The results indicate that districts' allocative behavior at the margin is quite different from their average allocative behavior. (Author/EC)

Concludes that experienced teachers generally are not assigned to poor or nonwhite neighborhoods, thereby accentuating the unequal distribution of educational resources. (BH)

The paper attempts measurement of the long-run effects of increased school spending. School expenditures are found to influence how many years of schooling an individual eventually receives, and the chief effect of spending differences on lifetime income is found to work through this school continuation link. (Author)

Data from a large sample of young out-of-school black and white males are utilized to analyze the impact of the quantity and quality of education. The findings suggest that education's role in the large relative gains in black earnings during the 1960s worked through quality rather than quantity aspects. (Author/EA)

A 2-equation model indicates that an increase in spending per student will attract students into the public school system. In turn, the response of the local government to this influx of students will be additional expenditures on education, but not such as to maintain the target level of spending per student. (Author)

The paper discusses the federal government's program to increase local educational spending on pupils from low-income families, concluding that this differential add-on grant is much more effective than predicted by traditional theory for block-grant programs. (MF)

Based on estimates of differences in costs for school personnel and transportation in Missouri school districts, a cost-of-education index is computed, patterns of cost variation examined, and the impact of state aid allocations determined. Some conclusions are drawn as to implementing a cost index as part of school finance policy. (MF)