The Effect of Teachers' Unions on Education Production: Evidence from Union Election Certifications in Three Midwestern States

dc.contributor.author	Lovenheim, Michael
dc.date.accessioned	2010-06-10T19:56:55Z
dc.date.available	2010-06-10T19:56:55Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	Using a unique data set on teachers’ union election certifications from Iowa, Indiana, and Minnesota, I estimate the effect of teachers’ unions on school district resources and on student educational attainment. My empirical strategy allows for nonparametric leads and lags of union age. I find no impact on teacher pay or per student district expenditures but that unions increase teacher employment by 5%. I find no class size effect because of enrollment increases in unionized districts, and I estimate that unions have no net effect on high school dropout rates. These findings highlight the importance of correctly measuring unionization status.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 27(4), pages 525-587	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/15092
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Policy Analysis and Management	en_US
dc.title	The Effect of Teachers' Unions on Education Production: Evidence from Union Election Certifications in Three Midwestern States	en_US
dc.type	article	en_US

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