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The Effects of Teacher Strikes On Compensation, Working Conditions, and Productivity

Melissa Arnold Lyon, Matthew A. Kraft, Matthew P. Steinberg. February 2026

Topics: Policy, Politics, and Governance

Tags: Race, ethnicity, and education, School reform, Teacher hiring and retention

We examine how teacher strikes in the United States affect compensation, working conditions, and productivity with an original dataset of 745 teacher strikes between 2007 and 2024. Using an event study framework, we find that the average strike leads to a 6% ($7,629) increase in combined annual… more →
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Institutions: University at Albany, State University of New York, Brown University, Accelerate