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Melissa Arnold Lyon; Matthew A. Kraft; Matthew P. Steinberg – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
The U.S. has witnessed a resurgence of labor activism, with teachers at the forefront. We examine how teacher strikes affect compensation, working conditions, and productivity with an original dataset of 772 teacher strikes generating 48 million student days idle between 2007 and 2023. Using an event study framework, we find that, on average,…
Descriptors: Teacher Strikes, Compensation (Remuneration), Teaching Conditions, Productivity
Melissa Arnold Lyon; Matthew A. Kraft; Matthew P. Steinberg – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
The U.S. has witnessed a resurgence of labor activism, with teachers at the forefront. We examine how teacher strikes affect compensation, working conditions, and productivity with an original dataset of 772 teacher strikes generating 48 million student days idle between 2007 and 2023. Using an event study framework, we find that, on average,…
Descriptors: Unions, Strikes, Activism, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Gil Keppens – Environmental Education Research, 2024
During the spring of 2019, approximately 1.6 million people in over 1700 cities worldwide participated in strike action to raise public awareness of government inaction on climate change. The large proportion of youth and young people mobilized through these climate strikes was unprecedented. However, we know very little so far about who these…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, Student Participation, Strikes