Tuition increases Geaux away? Evidence from voting on Louisiana’s amendment 2

Joshua Hall and Serkan Karadas

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 13, 924-927

Abstract: In many states, public institutions of higher education have the autonomy to raise tuition. This has not been the case in Louisiana since a 1995 constitutional amendment required a two-thirds majority of the state legislature for any tuition increase. In November of 2016, voters in Louisiana rejected Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment that would have given state institutions of higher education autonomy in setting tuition. We examine parish-level voting on Amendment 2 using an empirical political economy model and find that parishes with a greater percentage of African-Americans and university employees were more likely to vote yes. Student enrolment at public institutions seemingly did not play a role in Amendment 2 losing.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1386273

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