Replication Data for: Public-Sector Unions and the Size of Government
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Public-sector unions are generally thought to increase the size of government through collective bargaining. This paper challenges this idea for the case of teacher unions in the U.S., and argues that while collective bargaining institutions sometimes lead to increased education spending, this is not the norm. Using a new longitudinal dataset spanning all states before and after they granted collective bargaining rights to teachers, the paper shows that although states that mandate districts to bargain with teachers have higher education expenditures than states that do not, the differences precede collective bargaining. Difference-in-differences analyses find no evidence that introducing collective bargaining rights led to average increases in the level of resources devoted to education. While existing theories cannot explain these nul' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Collective bargaining","Education","Endogenous institutions","Labor unions","Politics of policymaking","Public employees","Teachers' unions"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Public-sector unions are generally thought to increase the size of government through collective bargaining. This paper challenges this idea for the case of teacher unions in the U.S., and argues that while collective bargaining institutions sometimes lead to increased education spending, this is not the norm. Using a new longitudinal dataset spanning all states before and after they granted collective bargaining rights to teachers, the paper shows that although states that mandate districts to bargain with teachers have higher education expenditures than states that do not, the differences precede collective bargaining. Difference-in-differences analyses find no evidence that introducing collective bargaining rights led to average increases in the level of resources devoted to education. While existing theories cannot explain these nul' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Public-sector unions are generally thought to increase the size of government through collective bargaining. This paper challenges this idea for the case of teacher unions in the U.S., and argues that while collective bargaining institutions sometimes lead to increased education spending, this is not the norm. Using a new longitudinal dataset spanning all states before and after they granted collective bargaining rights to teachers, the paper shows that although states that mandate districts to bargain with teachers have higher education expenditures than states that do not, the differences precede collective bargaining. Difference-in-differences analyses find no evidence that introducing collective bargaining rights led to average increases in the level of resources devoted to education. While existing theories cannot explain these nul
Collective bargaining; Education; Endogenous institutions; Labor unions; Politics of policymaking; Public employees; Teachers' unions