The impact of federal, state and local taxes on student achievement in public schools: the case of Indiana

Tin-Chun Lin and Amanda Couch

Applied Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 21, issue 3, 220-223

Abstract: In this article, data from 286 Indiana school districts during the 2009--2010 school year were used in a case study to investigate whether fiscal funding has a direct effect on education output (i.e. student achievement). Two results were found: (1) while federal taxes are not significantly associated with student achievement in public schools, both state and local taxes are strongly related to student achievement in public schools, implying a direct effect on education output; and (2) state tax funding has a greater impact on education output than local tax funding.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.849376

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