TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Grimes, Arthur
AU  - Stillman, Steven
AU  - Young, Chris
        TI  - Homeownership, Social Capital and Parental Voice in Schooling
        PY  - 2011/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6168
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6168
        AB  - We use New Zealand school board of trustees data to examine whether schools where parents have high rates of homeownership experience high parental voting turnout in elections. We also investigate whether homeownership influences the probability that a school board proceeds to election, indicating parental willingness to serve as a school trustee. Similarly, we examine whether state-owned social housing rates affect these outcomes. We compile results initially without controlling for other factors, and then controlling for a wide range of other characteristics, to test the robustness of simple observed associations between homeownership and state-ownership rates and outcome variables. Our findings show no discernible effect of homeownership on parental voting turnout in school elections after controls are added (contrary to the simple positive association), but a (robust) positive impact of both homeownership and state-ownership rates on the probability that a school holds an election.
        KW  - homeownership
KW  - school elections
KW  - parental voice
KW  - social capital
        ER  -