No Spending without Representation: School Boards and the Racial Gap in Education Finance
利用加州学校董事会选举中的随机选票排序，发现增加少数族裔（西班牙裔）代表比例会促使更多资源投入少数族裔学生集中的学校，并提升学生成绩、降低教师流动率。
This paper provides causal evidence that greater minority representation on school boards translates into greater investment in minority students. Focusing on California school boards, I instrument for minority (specifically, Hispanic) representation using random ballot ordering and leverage new data from a statewide capital investment program to capture intradistrict resource allocations. I show that Hispanic board members invest the marginal dollar in high-Hispanic schools within their districts. High-Hispanic schools also exhibit gains in student achievement and decreased teacher turnover. I conclude that enhancing minority representation on school boards could help combat long-standing disparities in education. JEL (H75, I21, I22, I24, J15)