ERIC Number: EJ1390755
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
EISSN: EISSN-1935-102X
The Effect of Right to Work Laws on Union Membership and School Resources: Evidence from 1942-2017
Educational Researcher, v52 n6 p339-347 Aug-Sep 2023
In the "Janus v. AFCSME" (2018) decision, the U.S. Supreme Court mandated that all public sector workers, including teachers, operate in a Right to Work (RTW) framework. In the years since, teachers' unions have not experienced the mass exodus that some predicted, but should we expect them to? Using an original, historical data set spanning 1942-2017, I examine the effect of prior RTW policies on teachers' union membership and school expenditures. I find that RTW policies decrease teachers' union membership by roughly 43% and reduce educational expenditures by nearly $800 per pupil. Importantly, effects take roughly 10 years to clearly materialize. Additional analyses provide support for the notion that effects on school resources are driven, in part, by effects on union membership.
Descriptors: Labor Legislation, Unions, Educational Policy, Educational History, Policy Analysis, Teachers, Collective Bargaining, Expenditures
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Language: English
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