TY - JOUR
T1 - Teachers' unions and compensation
T2 - The impact of collective bargaining on salary schedules and performance pay schemes
AU - West, Kristine Lamm
AU - Mykerezi, Elton
PY - 2011/2/1
Y1 - 2011/2/1
N2 - This study examines the impact that collective bargaining has on multiple dimensions of teacher compensation, including average and starting salaries, early and late returns to experience, returns to graduate degrees, and the incidence of different pay for performance schemes. Using data from the School and Staffing Survey (SASS) and a more recent data set, the Teacher Rules, Roles and Rights (TR3), we find that collective bargaining has a significant impact on all aspects of current, qualification-specific salary schedules. Further, we find some evidence that bargaining impacts the design of performance pay plans. Specifically, unions tend to encourage teacher bonuses that are based on additional qualifications or duties, but discourage bonuses that directly reward improved student test scores.
AB - This study examines the impact that collective bargaining has on multiple dimensions of teacher compensation, including average and starting salaries, early and late returns to experience, returns to graduate degrees, and the incidence of different pay for performance schemes. Using data from the School and Staffing Survey (SASS) and a more recent data set, the Teacher Rules, Roles and Rights (TR3), we find that collective bargaining has a significant impact on all aspects of current, qualification-specific salary schedules. Further, we find some evidence that bargaining impacts the design of performance pay plans. Specifically, unions tend to encourage teacher bonuses that are based on additional qualifications or duties, but discourage bonuses that directly reward improved student test scores.
KW - Educational finance
KW - Resource allocation
KW - Teacher salaries
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U2 - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.07.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78649891266
SN - 0272-7757
VL - 30
SP - 99
EP - 108
JO - Economics of Education Review
JF - Economics of Education Review
IS - 1
ER -