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Public School Resources in Rural Communities: An Examination of Size Economies in Eastern Nebraska Public School Districts
Author(s) -
Forsythe Kenneth W.,
Yanagida John F.,
Johnson Bruce B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/10.2.293
Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , index (typography) , geography , quality (philosophy) , economic growth , economics , agricultural economics , socioeconomics , demographic economics , philosophy , epistemology , world wide web , computer science , accounting
An average total cost function for 53 selected public school districts in Eastern Nebraska over the time period 1981–84 is estimated. A quality of educational services index is developed and used to account for quality differences between school districts over time. Using a covariance model to pool time series and cross‐sectional data, significant economies of size were found. The empirical findings also are discussed in regard to the issue of school consolidation.