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Tomoaki Kotera¹, Ananth Seshadri¹

¹Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States.

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Public school spending distribution significantly impacts intergenerational mobility in the US. More equitable school funding can enhance social mobility, especially when parental influence on child development is lower.

Keywords:

Educational policy Human capital Intergenerational mobility

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Education Policy
Sociology

Background:

Intergenerational mobility varies significantly across US states.
Public school finance systems and their spending distributions are potential drivers of this variation.

Purpose of the Study:

To model the impact of public school spending distribution on intergenerational mobility.
To identify factors contributing to cross-state disparities in social mobility.

Main Methods:

Developed a dynamic model of school district voting on per-pupil spending.
Integrated median voter outcomes into a human capital accumulation model.
Conducted counterfactual simulations to test policy interventions.

Main Results:

The model successfully replicates the observed relationship between school spending distribution and intergenerational mobility.
Parental human capital's correlation with child's learning ability is a key factor in mobility variation.
More equal spending distribution via foundation programs improves mobility, particularly when parental influence is less critical.

Conclusions:

Equitable public school finance systems can enhance intergenerational mobility.
Policy interventions like foundation programs show promise for improving social mobility.
Full state funding may offer limited improvements due to spending constraints.