Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2013

Publication Title

American Economic Journal - Economic Policy

Department

Department of Economics

Abstract

We analyze the effects of the introduction of Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a large federal grants program designed to increase poor students' educational services and achievement. We focus on the South, the poorest region of the country. Title I increased school spending by $0.50 on the dollar in the average southern school district and by more in districts with less ability to offset grants through local tax reductions. Title I-induced increases in school budgets appear to have reduced high school dropout rates of whites, but not blacks.

DOI

10.1257/pol.5.3.126

Original Citation

Cascio, Elizabeth U., Nora Gordon, and Sarah Reber. 2013. "Local Responses to Federal Grants: Evidence from the Introduction of Title I in the South." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5 (3): 126-59. DOI: 10.1257/pol.5.3.126

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