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No Base Left Behind

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  • Phuong Nguyen-Hoang
  • Ryan Yeung
  • Alexander Bogin

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This study examines the effects of military base closures on educational expenditures and student outcomes with a national panel data set of school districts between 1990 and 2002. We adopt difference-in-differences estimation in combination with propensity score matching and instrumental variables techniques to estimate these effects. We find that per-pupil spending increases by 25.2 percent in the first year, where it remains. We also find a substantial decrease in graduation rates, but an improving trend occurs in the years after the closure.

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  • Phuong Nguyen-Hoang & Ryan Yeung & Alexander Bogin, 2014. "No Base Left Behind," Public Finance Review, , vol. 42(4), pages 439-465, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:42:y:2014:i:4:p:439-465
    DOI: 10.1177/1091142113482570
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