Alvord Daniel, Rauscher Emily
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Urban Aff Rev Thousand Oaks Calif. 2021 May;57(3):643-674. doi: 10.1177/1078087419877461. Epub 2019 Sep 20.
In the context of tight state budgets, local education funding is increasingly important. This article examines the relationship between district-level demographic characteristics and voter support for tax increases to fund the local school district. Using district-level panel data on California school district elections and demographics from 1995 to 2014, we ask the following questions: (1) What is the relationship between demographics and support for school district tax measures? and (2) Does this relationship vary by the type of tax measure? Results suggest that voter support varies by district demographics. However, results differ for bond and property tax measures and suggest that the proportion of Black students increases the likelihood of passing a bond measure but reduces the likelihood of passing a property tax measure. This heterogeneity offers one potential explanation for contradictory evidence in the literature. Results have implications for racial inequality of educational resources between districts.
在州预算紧张的背景下，地方教育资金变得越来越重要。本文研究了学区层面的人口特征与选民对提高税收以资助当地学区的支持之间的关系。利用1995年至2014年加利福尼亚学区选举和人口统计的学区层面面板数据，我们提出以下问题：（1）人口统计与对学区税收措施的支持之间有什么关系？（2）这种关系是否因税收措施的类型而异？结果表明，选民支持因学区人口统计而异。然而，债券和财产税措施的结果不同，表明黑人学生的比例增加了通过债券措施的可能性，但降低了通过财产税措施的可能性。这种异质性为文献中的矛盾证据提供了一种潜在解释。研究结果对各学区之间教育资源的种族不平等具有启示意义。
