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dc.contributor.authorKingdon, Geetaen
dc.contributor.authorTeal, Francisen
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-11-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:32:18Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:32:18Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26473-
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the relationship between teacher unionization, student achievement and teachers' pay using a cross-section of data from private schools in India. We use differences in student mark across subjects to identify within-pupil variation in achievement and find that union membership of the teacher appears to strongly reduce pupil achievement. We find no evidence this could be due to the unobservables not controlled for by this procedure. A school fixed effects equation of teacher pay shows that union membership substantially raises pay and in this case too we find that remaining unobservables are unlikely to explain this outcome. We thus have in this data clear evidence that unions raise cost and reduce student achievement.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2428en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordTeacher unionsen
dc.subject.keywordteacher salariesen
dc.subject.keywordstudent achievementen
dc.subject.keywordproductivityen
dc.subject.keywordIndiaen
dc.subject.stwLehrkräfteen
dc.subject.stwGewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgraden
dc.subject.stwGehalten
dc.subject.stwSchüleren
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwPrivatschuleen
dc.subject.stwIndienen
dc.titleTeacher unions, teacher pay and student performance in India: a pupil fixed effects approach-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn584691971en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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