The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Strikes: Evidence from Argentina

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jaume, David; Willen, Alexander
• 署名单位: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/703134
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1097-1139
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; school; education; QUALITY; IMPACT; AGE

摘要

We exploit cross-cohort variation in the prevalence of teacher strikes within and across provinces in Argentina to examine how teacher strikes affect student long-run outcomes. Being exposed to the average incidence of strikes during primary school reduces labor earnings of males and females by 3.2% and 1.9%, respectively. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that this amounts to an aggregate annual earnings loss of $2.34 billion. We also find an increase in unemployment and a decline in the skill levels of the occupations into which students sort. These effects are driven, at least in part, by a reduction in educational attainment.