TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Neilson, Christopher A.
AU  - Zimmerman, Seth D.
        TI  - The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices
        PY  - 2011/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6106
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6106
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - test scores
KW  - school construction
KW  - home prices
        ER  -