How Much Does Public School Facility Funding Depend on Property Wealth?

Abstract We examine how funding for public school facilities varies with school district property wealth and household income. Using data on school facility (i.e., capital) funding in California from fiscal years 1986-87 to 2015-16, we find that funding for school construction and modernization varies widely across districts. Disparities in funding are driven primarily by inter-district differences in property wealth with the highest property wealth districts raising significantly more funding for school facilities. Assessed value per-pupil in California is also negatively correlated with the share of disadvantaged students and students of color. As a result, school facility funding tends to be substantially lower in districts with the highest concentrations of disadvantaged students and students of color.

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Land Loss with Compensation: What Are the Determinants of Income Among Households in Central Vietnam?

Environment and Urbanization Asia ◽

10.1177/0975425321990383 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 40-55

Author(s):

Nguyen Quang Phuc ◽

A. C. M. (Guus) van Westen ◽

Annelies Zoomers

Keyword(s):

Household Income ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Urban Expansion ◽

Skill Training ◽

Land Loss ◽

Central Vietnam ◽

Compensation Packages ◽

Household Members ◽

The Government ◽

Using Data

The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of household income following the loss of land owing to urban expansion in central Vietnam. Using data mainly from household surveys in the peri-urban areas of Hue city, the regression model indicates that demographic factors and livelihood strategy choices have important impacts on household income; financial compensation and support packages do not appear to be strong determinants of household income after the loss of land. This implies a failure of the current compensation programmes in the process of compulsory land acquisition, because the government believes that compensation packages make important contributions to livelihood reconstruction. This study suggests that investing in education and skill training for household members affected by land loss as well as assistance in converting compensation money into an adequate livelihood should be taken into consideration.

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Impact Evaluation of Raskin Program using Matching Method: Case of IFLS 5

JEJAK ◽

10.15294/jejak.v11i1.9192 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 207-223

Author(s):

Endiarjati Dewandaru Sadono

Keyword(s):

Propensity Score ◽

Propensity Score Matching ◽

Family Life ◽

Household Income ◽

Impact Evaluation ◽

Matching Method ◽

Indonesia Family Life Survey ◽

Small Benefit ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact

Beras untuk Keluarga Miskin (RASKIN) program has been applied since 1998 and has been renamed as Beras Sejahtera (RASTRA) in early 2017, but their effectiveness is still debatable. This study tries to evaluate the impact of RASKIN program on household income. Using data from 3,745 households in Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) 5 that has been estimated using propensity score matching, this study has identified precisely that RASKIN program has a negative and significant effect on household income. This happens because the benefits that reveived by Rumah Tangga Sasaran (RTS) are very small. The small benefit is affected by the amount of rice received, frequency and price that have been paid to get RASKIN is not in accordance with the guidelines. The result of this study is along with previous studies, where the amount and price of rice that distributed through RASKIN program is not exactly correct. Therefore, there must be a change in program format, not just renaming from RASKIN to RASTRA only.

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The Impact of Education on Household Income in Rural Vietnam

International Journal of Financial Studies ◽

10.3390/ijfs8010011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 11 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hung Van Vu

Keyword(s):

Quantile Regression ◽

Household Income ◽

Living Standard ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Poor Households ◽

Quantile Regression Analysis ◽

Research Findings ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact ◽

Positive Effect

Using data from the 2018 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, our study investigates the impact of education on household income in rural Vietnam. Both mean and quantile regression analyses were employed to analyze the impact of education. We found that education has a positive effect on the household income after controlling for various factors in the models. However, quantile regression analysis reveals that the effect of schooling years increases with quantiles, suggesting that education bring higher returns for richer households. We also found that households with the heads having higher qualifications or vocational education tend to earn higher income levels. Combined together, these findings imply that while education was found to increase household income, it increases income inequality in rural Vietnam. Our research findings suggest that improving the access of poor households to better education is expected to increase their income and reduce inequality in rural Vietnam.

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Parenting Stress and the Use of Formal and Informal Child Care: Associations for Fathers and Mothers

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x18776419 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 39 (12) ◽

pp. 3203-3224 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lyn Craig ◽

Brendan Churchill

Keyword(s):

Parenting Stress ◽

Household Income ◽

Regression Models ◽

Family Care ◽

Formal Care ◽

Panel Survey ◽

Family Carers ◽

Stress Scale ◽

Using Data ◽

Employed Parents

We investigated relationships between nonparental care and psychological strains of parenthood. Using data from employed parents of children below 5 years of age ( n = 6,886 fathers and mothers) from Waves 4 to 11 of the household panel survey Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA), we constructed a parenting stress scale from the average of four items (α = .76) administered in the Self-Completion Questionnaire. We ran panel random-effects regression models testing associations between amount and type of nonparental care and parenting stress, for both mothers and fathers. We distinguished between formal care, informal and family care (mainly grandparents), and mixed care. Results showed that fathers and mothers’ parenting stress is positively associated with hours of nonparental care, but that for both genders parenting stress is significantly lower if the care is provided by informal/family carers.

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The Employment Disadvantage of Mothers: Evidence for Systemic Discrimination

Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.1177/0022185608099668 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 113-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tanya Carney

Keyword(s):

Household Income ◽

Career Paths ◽

Economic Status ◽

High Status ◽

Socio Economic Status ◽

Part Time ◽

Using Data ◽

Systemic Discrimination ◽

Ideal Worker ◽

Worker Behaviour

When their need to provide care and their need for paid employment are equally important, mothers try to combine both roles, often through part time employment, or to stagger these competing needs by taking employment breaks. Using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) Survey1 this article analyses the resulting detriments to the ability of mothers to continue career paths across the occupational spectrum. Analysis of this data is used to argue that employment disadvantage is generated by mothers' inability to conform to `ideal worker' behaviour and therefore can be construed as `systemic discrimination'. Norms of `ideal' behaviour are shown to be stronger in occupations of high status and as a result mothers are at a greater risk of becoming excluded from employment within these occupations. Further, 26 percent of Australian working mothers will experience occupational exclusion, an event where further employment is secured only by moving down the occupational hierarchy to jobs of lower socio-economic status.

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Differences in the Management of Perforated Appendicitis in Children by Race and Insurance Status

The American Surgeon ◽

10.1177/000313481708300937 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 83 (9) ◽

pp. 996-1000 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Randi L. Lassiter ◽

Robyn M. Hatley

Keyword(s):

Household Income ◽

Percutaneous Drainage ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Disease Process ◽

Perforated Appendicitis ◽

Black Children ◽

Primary Diagnosis ◽

Insurance Status ◽

Similar Disease ◽

Using Data

This study was conducted to assess whether race and socioeconomic status influence the management method used to treat pediatric perforated appendicitis. Nonelective pediatric admissions with a primary diagnosis of appendicitis were analyzed using data from the 2001–2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine the association between race, insurance status, median household income, rural/metropolitan location, and the risk adjusted odds of undergoing surgery, laparoscopic appendectomy, percutaneous drainage, or neither surgery nor percutaneous drainage. A total of 46,211 admissions of perforated appendicitis were identified. Surgery was performed in 90.5 per cent of them. Black children were less likely to have surgery [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.53] and more likely to be managed non-surgically with percutaneous drainage (AOR = 1.79). Self-pay patients were less likely to have laparoscopic surgery (AOR = 0.80). Children from rural counties were more likely to undergo surgery than those from larger metropolitan areas (AOR = 1.30). Higher estimated household income did not predict the method of treatment. Although previous studies have attributed racial disparities in outcomes for appendicitis to different rates of perforation and access to care, these findings demonstrate significantly dissimilar management strategies for patients presenting with a similar disease process.

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Assessment of factors affecting maintenance cost of public school facilities

International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation ◽

10.1108/ijbpa-02-2019-0019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 528-546

Author(s):

Mohammad A. Hassanain ◽

Mohammad Al-Zahrani ◽

Abdullatif Abdallah ◽

Ahmed M.Z. Sayed

Keyword(s):

Public School ◽

Cost Effective ◽

School Facilities ◽

Maintenance Cost ◽

Design Phase ◽

Effective School ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Importance Index ◽

Operations And Maintenance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the significance of various factors affecting maintenance costs of public school facilities. Design/methodology/approach Detailed literature review resulted in identifying 54 factors that were categorized under nine groups. This was followed by a questionnaire survey completed by 60 experienced professionals. The relative importance index was used to determine the in-group ranking, as well as the overall ranking of these factors. Findings The study established that the five most significant factors affecting the maintenance cost of public school facilities were “not providing operations and maintenance manuals to maintenance group” in the “construction phase” category, “ignoring maintainability studies in design” in the “design phase” category, “specification of low-quality materials” in the “design phase” category, “selection criteria of contractors” in the “regulations and contracting” category, and “lack of quality control during work execution” in the “construction phase” category. Originality/value The present research represents the first research covering the maintenance cost of public school facilities in Saudi Arabia. The study also presents the unique landscape of facility maintenance in the Saudi Arabian context. The outcome of this research has the potential to significantly cut down unnecessary costs rooted in expensive maintenance of public school facilities, enhancing the quality of these facilities. The findings also underscore the necessity of collaboration and coordination of the various key disciplines toward the realization of cost-effective school facilities.

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