TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hart, Cassandra M. D.
AU  - Sojourner, Aaron
        TI  - Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools
        PY  - 2014/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7887
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7887
        AB  - This paper studies the relationship between teacher unionization and student achievement. Generally stable patterns of teacher unionization since the 1970s have historically presented challenges in measuring the effects of unionization on educational production. However, the blossoming of the charter school sector in recent decades provides fertile ground for study because while most charters are non-union, teachers at some charters have unionized. Using a generalized difference-in-difference approach combining California union certification data with student achievement data from 2003-2012, we find that, aside from a one-year dip in achievement associated with the unionization process itself, unionization does not affect student achievement.
        KW  - teacher
KW  - labor union
KW  - student achievement
KW  - charter school
KW  - education
KW  - labor productivity
        ER  -