Migration, Benefit Spillovers and State Support of Higher Education

James G. Strathman
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James G. Strathman: Center for Urban Studies, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA

Urban Studies, 1994, vol. 31, issue 6, 913-920

Abstract: This paper tests the hypothesis that benefit spillovers from public higher educationproxied by out-niigration-led to lower higher education appropriations by state legislatures. A model addressing legislative appropriations, tuition and out-migration activity is developed and estimated. The results support the benefit spillover hypothesis, indicating that for each percentage point increase in out-migration, appropriations per student decline by $100. The results also reveal a bi-directional relationship between tuition and state appropriations. This is in contrast with the view that tuition is a 'residual' source of revenue representing the difference between the institutional budgets endorsed by educational policy-makers and the level of state appropriations.

Date: 1994
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