Do State Lotteries Enhance the Financing of Public Education?

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Thomas H.; Amalfitano, John L.
Titel	Do State Lotteries Enhance the Financing of Public Education?
Quelle	(1994), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Government Role; Public Education; Regression (Statistics); School Funds; School Support; State Action; State Aid + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Öffentliche Erziehung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schulförderverein; Staatliche Intervention
Abstract	By the late 1980s, fiscal crises, tax revolt measures, education reform, and other factors had prompted 28 states to institute state lotteries as a supplemental means of public finance. This paper presents findings of a study that examined whether or not lotteries enhance public education spending. Data for 1987 from all 50 states were compared and examined using regression analysis to answer the question: Is school finance enhanced in lottery versus nonlottery jurisdictions? The analysis included four dependent variables, two indicating "support for education" and two "tax effort for education" and two independent variables indicating the presence or absence of a state lottery. Findings showed that state lottery revenues did not help schools. State per-capita income was the most powerful environmental determinant of school support. Wealthy states that adopted lotteries in advance of other states provided higher levels of school support than nonlottery states; lotteries alone did not make states wealthy. It is recommended that states renounce lotteries altogether. Six tables are included. Contains 14 references. (LMI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC