Article
Teachers’ unions and compensation: The impact of collective bargaining on salary schedules and performance pay schemes
Economics of Education Review
(2011)
Abstract
This study examines the impact that collective bargaining has on multiple dimensions of teacher compensation, including average and starting salaries, early and late returns to experience, returns to graduate degrees, and the incidence of different pay for performance schemes. Using data from the School and Staffing Survey (SASS) and a more recent data set, the Teacher Rules, Roles and Rights (TR3), we find that collective bargaining has a significant impact on all aspects of current, qualification-specific salary schedules. Further, we find some evidence that bargaining impacts the design of performance pay plans. Specifically, unions tend to encourage teacher bonuses that are based on additional qualifications or duties, but discourage bonuses that directly reward improved student test scores.
Disciplines
Publication Date
February, 2011
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.07.007
Citation Information
Kristine L West and Elton Mykerezi. "Teachers’ unions and compensation: The impact of collective bargaining on salary schedules and performance pay schemes" Economics of Education Review Vol. 30 Iss. 1 (2011) p. 99 - 108 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kristine-west/6/