Tough Decisions, Depleted Revenues: Analysis of New Jersey Education Finances during the Great Recession
Rajashri Chakrabarti and
Sarah Sutherland
No 20120201, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Abstract:
Today’s post, which complements Monday’s on New York State, considers the Great Recession’s impact on education funding in New Jersey. Using analysis published in our recent staff report, “Precarious Slopes? The Great Recession, Federal Stimulus, and New Jersey Schools,” we examine how school finances were affected during the recession and the ARRA federal stimulus period. We find strong evidence of a significant decline—relative to trend—in school revenues and expenditures following the recession as well as key compositional changes that could affect school financing and student learning. Our findings are noteworthy in view of the importance of investing in children’s education for human capital formation and economic growth.
Keywords: school finance; Abbott Districts; ARRA; Federal Stimulus; recession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02-01
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