An Exploration of the Effects of State Political Culture and Party Control of State Governments on the Progressivity of School Funding

• In Event: Politics and Policy in the American States

Brief Overview

We explore the factors associated with the progressivity of state education financing in the USA from 1993 to 2011 using two-way fixed effects analysis. We calculate progressivity using the ratio of per-pupil funding for poor and non-poor students.

Authors

• Hyunjun Kim, University of Minnesota

• Nicola A. Alexander, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities