Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2016
College/Unit
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Document Number
16-03
Department/Program/Center
Economics
Abstract
We revisit the relationship between collective bargaining by teachers unions and school performance. The empirical literature in this area has found mixed results at both the state and district levels. We contribute to this literature in two ways. First, rather than simply dummy union status, we proxy for the restrictiveness of collective bargaining agreements with the number of pages per agreement. Second, we employ Bayesian spatial methods to deal with spatial dependence in school district activities. Our reduced-form results indicate that collective bargaining directly lowers scores on high school math scores, but that the total effect is zero.
Digital Commons Citation
Hall, Joshua C.; Lacombe, Donald; and Pruitt, Joylynn Michelle, "Collective Bargaining and School District Test Scores: Evidence from Ohio Bargaining Agreements" (2016). Economics Faculty Working Papers Series. 187.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/econ_working-papers/187