%0 Report
        %A Neilson, Christopher A.
%A Zimmerman, Seth D.
        %T The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6106
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6106
        %X This paper provides new evidence on the effect of school construction projects on home prices, academic achievement, and public school enrollment. Taking advantage of the staggered implementation of a comprehensive school construction project in a poor urban district, we find that, by six years after building occupancy, $10,000 of per-student investment in school construction raised reading scores for elementary and middle school students by 0.027 standard deviations. For a student receiving the average treatment intensity this corresponds to a 0.21 standard deviation increase. School construction also raised home prices and public school enrollment in zoned neighborhoods.
        %K test scores
%K school construction
%K home prices