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Public Schools and In‐migration in North Carolina Counties, 1975–80
Author(s) -
Jud G. Donald
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1984.tb01744.x
Subject(s) - tiebout model , racial composition , quality (philosophy) , demographic economics , geography , principal (computer security) , control (management) , political science , sociology , race (biology) , economics , public good , gender studies , philosophy , management , epistemology , computer science , microeconomics , operating system
A bstract . The migration model presented in this paper indicates (hat the academic quality of public schools , independent of their racial composition , is an important determinant of in‐migration in North Carolina counties. The failure to control for school quality is shown to lead to a significant overestimate of the negative impact of school racial mix. These results accord with the Tiebout Hypothesis and with a growing body of other research which suggests that the distributions of public services and other amenities are the principal determinants of recent migration patterns in the U.S.