School district revenue shocks, resource allocations, and student achievement: Evidence from the universe of US wind energy installations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brunner, Eric; Hoen, Ben; Hyman, Joshua
• 署名单位: University of Connecticut; United States Department of Energy (DOE); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Amherst College
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104586
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: education; School spending; Wind energy

摘要

We examine the impact of wind energy installation on school district finances and student achievement using data on the timing, location, and capacity of the universe of U.S. installations from 1995 through 2016. Wind energy installation substantially increased district revenues, causing large increases in capital outlays, but only modest increases in current spending, and little to no change in class sizes or teacher salaries. We find zero impact on student test scores. Using administrative data from Texas, the country's top wind energy producer, we find zero impact of wind energy installation on high school completion and other longer-run student outcomes. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).