The effect of school quality on housing rents: Evidence from Matsue city in Japan

Yuta Kuroda

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2018, vol. 50, issue C, 16-25

Abstract: This study investigates the effect of public school quality on housing rents within a school district. I estimate the causal effect of school quality as measured by average test scores on housing rents, by using a regression discontinuity design to control for unobserved characteristics of neighborhoods. Specifically, I focus on apartment buildings located within school attendance district boundaries. I find that school quality has a significantly positive effect on housing rents of apartments for families, but school quality does not have a significant effect on housing rents of dwellings for single people. These results show that parents are willing to pay more to send their children to a better school.

Keywords: Housing rent; School quality; School district; Regression discontinuity design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 R21 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2018.05.002

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