eprintid: 4517
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datestamp: 2024-06-06 08:58:06
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Skovolas, Athanasios
creators_id: S5089549
creators_email: a.skovolas@student.rug.nl
title: What is the Impact of School Proximity and Quality on Housing Prices in Allegheny County: Comparing Public and Private Education
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This study investigates the effects of school proximity and school quality on residential properties values in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The analysis is accomplished considering both public and private schools as well as level of education. Employing a hedonic pricing model and collecting data for  residential transactions and schools for 2022, I found that while both quality of school and proximity can be capitalised into property values, the degree of capitalisation depends on the level of education, as well as kind of school. Results suggest that closer proximity to schools at all levels leads to higher housing prices. My analysis revealed that proximity to public primary and private high schools presented the strongest impact on housing prices when properties refrain 700m from schools, by 10.65% and 27.88% respectively.   In terms of quality attributes, test scores posed the greatest effect on residential prices in the case of public and private high schools respectively. Finally, my results showed that properties tend to increase the most when locating within 700m from high quality schools by 3.47%.
date: 2024
pages: 72
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: VG
tutors_name: Liu, X.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: Xiaolong.Liu@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: school quality
keywords_local: distance to schools
keywords_local: housing prices
keywords_local: hedonic price model
keywords_local: school types
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-06-05
citation:   Skovolas, Athanasios  (2024) What is the Impact of School Proximity and Quality on Housing Prices in Allegheny County: Comparing Public and Private Education.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4517/1/MT-Athanasios-Skovolas.pdf