Determinants of Changes in Educational Inputs for Blacks
| Mean (standard deviation) | Black Exposure to Whites | Black Student-Teacher Ratio | Per-Pupil Current Expenditure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black share of enrollment, 1960 | 0.405 (0.162) | −1.051 (0.064)c | − 1.022 (0.082)c | − 7.434 (2.622)c | −5.322 (2.233)c | 1.925 (0.390)c | 2.174 (0.371)c |
| Percent black VAP Registered to vote, 1960 | 0.359 (0.282) | 0.049 (0.053) | 1.859 (1.187) | 0.253 (0.207) | |||
| Nonwhite median income, 1960 | 8.952 (1.938) | −0.010 (0.009) | 0.123 (0.259) | 0.000 (0.031) | |||
| Nonwhite median Years of education, 1960 | 3.365 (1.082) | 0.003 (0.015) | 1.301 (0.360)c | −0.062 (0.045) | |||
| Percent of households with complete plumbing | 0.519 (0.135) | −0.152 (0.125) | 3.471 (3.877) | − 1.373 (0.534)c | |||
| Percent of population in urban areas | 0.341 (0.241) | −0.111 (0.06 l)a | − 1.341 (1.823) | 0.467 (0.268)a | |||
| Change in per-pupil instructional spending for blacks, 1955–59 | 0.258 (0.089) | −0.100 (0.132) | 16.724 (3.612)c | − 1.808 (0.444)c | |||
| Change in percent of VAP blacks registered to vote, 1964–68 | 0.299 (0.178) | −0.164 (0.077)c | 0.204 (2.365) | −0.418 (0.394) | |||
| Ln change in employment | 0.353 (0.206) | 0.059 (0.048) | 1.150 (1.747) | 0.075 (0.280) | |||
| Constant | 0.878 (0.03l)c | 1.103 (0.111)c | −2.924 (1.155)c | −16.046 (2.865)c | 1.448 (0.157)c | 2.644 (0.425)c | |
| N | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 |
| R-squared | 0.74 | 0.84 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.56 | |