In this paper we consider more than three decades of research on teachers' unions in the
United States. We focus on unions' role as potential rent-seekers in the K-12 educational …

The impact of school resources on student outcomes was first raised in the 1960s and has
been controversial since then. This issue enters into the decision-making on school finance …

Staggered adoption of policies by different units at different times creates promising
opportunities for observational causal inference. Estimation remains challenging, however …

We examine the effect of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on
substance use disorder (SUD) treatment utilization and financing. We combine data on …

We study the effects of traditional cigarette and e-cigarette taxes on use of these products
among adults in the United States. Data are drawn from the Behavioral Risk Factor …

The impact of teacher pay on school productivity is a central concern for governments
worldwide, yet evidence is mixed. In this paper we exploit a feature of teacher labour …

Compensation of most US public school teachers is rigid and solely based on seniority. This
paper studies the effects of a reform that gave school districts in Wisconsin full autonomy to …

Since publication of the fourth edition of Labor Relations in the Public Sector, public sector
unions have encountered strong headwinds in many parts of the US Membership is falling in …

School finance reforms caused some of the most dramatic increases in intergovernmental
aid from states to local governments in US history. We examine whether teachers' unions …

Public sector unions are major interest groups in American politics, but they are rarely
studied. New research would not only shed much-needed light on how these unions shape …