TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of teacher strikes on academic achievement
T2 - Evidence from Colombia
AU - Abadía Alvarado, Luz Karime
AU - Gómez Soler, Silvia C.
AU - Cifuentes González, Juanita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Academic achievement
KW - College entrance examinations
KW - Teachers strikes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102369
DO - 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102369
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101237082
SN - 0738-0593
VL - 82
JO - International Journal of Educational Development
JF - International Journal of Educational Development
M1 - 102369
ER -