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Title: Collective Bargaining Laws and Returns to STEM Majors in the Labor Market for Teachers

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Publication Year: 2022

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Abstract: In light of growing difficulties for schools to attract teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and the continued discussions surrounding the unionization of education, this paper examines the effect of collective bargaining (CB) laws on the salary of teachers with a STEM degree. To identify the effect, we examine the salary differentials between otherwise similar STEM teachers located in the same labor market but exposed to differential CB rights. Our results show that the bargaining laws increase female STEM teachers' salaries by 7 percentage points. In exploring a potential mechanism, we demonstrate that female teachers in mandatory CB states accrue more years of experience.

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Authors: Ju, Andrew; Regmi, Krishna

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Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare

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