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dc.contributor.authorKingdon, Geetade
dc.contributor.authorTeal, Francisde
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-27T17:16:00Zde
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-29T22:58:27Z
dc.date.available2012-08-29T22:58:27Z
dc.date.issued2008de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/6940
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.languageende
dc.subject.ddcWirtschaftde
dc.subject.ddcEconomicsen
dc.subject.ddcBildung und Erziehungde
dc.subject.ddcEducationen
dc.subject.otherteacher unions; teacher salaries; student achievement; productivity; India
dc.titleTeacher unions, teacher pay and student performance in India: a pupil fixed effects approachen
dc.description.reviewbegutachtetde
dc.description.reviewrevieweden
dc.source.volume2428de
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.publisher.cityMünchende
dc.source.seriesCESifo Working Paperde
dc.subject.classozBerufsforschung, Berufssoziologiede
dc.subject.classozLehrende, Erziehende, Lernendede
dc.subject.classozOccupational Research, Occupational Sociologyen
dc.subject.classozTeachers, Students, Pupilsen
dc.subject.thesozIndiende
dc.subject.thesozwageen
dc.subject.thesozteacheren
dc.subject.thesozacademic achievementen
dc.subject.thesozLehrerde
dc.subject.thesozIndiaen
dc.subject.thesozSchülerde
dc.subject.thesoztrade unionen
dc.subject.thesozSchulleistungde
dc.subject.thesozGewerkschaftde
dc.subject.thesozpupilen
dc.subject.thesozLohnde
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69402de
dc.date.modified2010-01-29T12:16:00Zde
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennungde
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attributionen
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ssoar.contributor.institutionInstitute of Education, University of London, UKde
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dc.source.pageinfo38
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dc.subject.methodsdescriptive studyen
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