The Educational Impact of Weakening Teachers’ Unions : Evidence from Wisconsin
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Keywords
Education ; Teacher unions ; Event study ; Triple difference ; Propensity score matching JEL Classification: I20 ; I28 ; J45 ; J50;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
- J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
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