The Returns to Public Library Investment
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DOI: 10.21033/wp-2021-06
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- Gregory Gilpin & Ezra Karger & Peter Nencka, 2024. "The Returns to Public Library Investment," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 16(2), pages 78-109, May.
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Keywords
public libraries; capital spending; test scores;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- R0 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2021-06-21 (Education)
- NEP-URE-2021-06-21 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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