Teacher unions, teacher pay and student performance in India: A pupil fixed effects approach

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kingdon, Geeta; Teal, Francis
• 署名单位: University of London; University College London; UCL Institute of Education; University of Oxford
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.09.001
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 278-288
• 关键词: teacher unions; Teacher salaries; Student achievement; PRODUCTIVITY; INDIA

摘要

This 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 is associated with reduced 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 raises pay and in this case too we find that remaining unobservables are unlikely to explain this outcome. We discuss the policy implications of the findings and show that the effectiveness of teacher credentials in improving teacher performance is linked to unionization. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. Ail rights reserved.