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The Causes of School Finance Inequalities: Serrano and the Case of California

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  • W. Norton Grubb

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Jack W. Osman

    (San Francisco State University)

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Based on a model of school district behavior, this paper investigates the determinants of school revenue and expenditure variation using data for California unified school districts The effects of stratifying the statewide sample by district size and by wealth are considered in detail The hypotheses of the model are consistently supported and prove useful in explaining other wise puzzling results Implications for both the Serrano case and legislative reforms are developed

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  • W. Norton Grubb & Jack W. Osman, 1977. "The Causes of School Finance Inequalities: Serrano and the Case of California," Public Finance Review, , vol. 5(3), pages 373-392, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:5:y:1977:i:3:p:373-392
    DOI: 10.1177/109114217700500305
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    1. Rhee, Se-Koo, 1996. "The impact of intergovernmental grants-in-aid on public school expenditure under the segregated school system," ISU General Staff Papers 1996010108000012396, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.

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