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A Review of Research: Economies of Size and Impacts of Declining Enrollment on School Costs

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  • Edelman, Dr. Mark A.
  • Knudsen, James J.

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Over the last decade lower birth rates and population migration have caused declining school enrollments not only in Iowa, but in many parts of the country. - For this reason^ many state and local leaders^ school officials and students of school finance have studied these trends. Such studies have focused on effects of declining, enrollment on school management and expenditures and economies of size in school organization. Studies of each type.are reviewed in turn.

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  • Edelman, Dr. Mark A. & Knudsen, James J., 1988. "A Review of Research: Economies of Size and Impacts of Declining Enrollment on School Costs," ISU General Staff Papers 198806010700001184, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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