The effect of teacher strikes on academic achievement: Evidence from Colombia

Luz Karime Abadía Alvarado; Silvia C. Gómez Soler; Juanita Cifuentes González

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102369

The effect of teacher strikes on academic achievement: Evidence from Colombia

Luz Karime Abadía Alvarado
, Silvia C. Gómez Soler
, Juanita Cifuentes González

Universidad Javeriana

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Abstract

International literature on the effects of teacher strikes on academic performance is scarce. Colombia offers a unique opportunity to study these effects given the high frequency of stoppages and the availability of high-quality data. Exploiting the exogenous variations of teacher strikes at school, municipality and department level, we find that those students who have been exposed to more and longer strikes obtain on average, lower scores in math and reading. We also find that students who were exposed to more strikes during secondary school score on average 41 % and 29 % of a SD lower in math and reading, respectively.

Original language	English
Article number	102369
Journal	International Journal of Educational Development
Volume	82
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102369
State	Published - Apr 2021

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Academic achievement
College entrance examinations
Teachers strikes

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