Spending for Local Public Education: Income Distribution and the Aggregation of Private Demands.

Brown, Byron W.; Saks, Daniel H.

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Publication Date: 1983-Jan

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Spending for Local Public Education: Income Distribution and the Aggregation of Private Demands.

Brown, Byron W.; Saks, Daniel H.

Public Finance Quarterly, v11 n1 p21-45 Jan 1983

Uses Michigan school district data to test the assumption that public school expenditures are positively related, in a straight-line fashion, to family income. Finds that expenditures are a U-shaped function of income. (Available from Sage Publications, 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.) (Author/RW)

Descriptors: Educational Demand, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Income, Financial Support, Mathematical Models, School District Spending, School Districts, School Support

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