Demographic structure and the political
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James M. Poterba
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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This article examines the relationship between demographic structure and the level of government spending on K-12 education. Panel data for the states of the United States over the period suggests that an increase in the fraction of elderly residents in a jurisdiction is associated with a significan