The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Strikes: Evidence from Argentina

By D. Jaume, Alexander Willén. Journal of Labor Economics, 2017

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We exploit cross-cohort variation in the prevalence of teacher strikes within and across provinces in Argentina to examine how teacher strikes affect student long-run outcomes. Being exposed to the average incidence of strikes during primary school reduces labor earnings of males and females by 3.2% and 1.9%, respectively. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that this amounts to an aggregate annual earnings loss of $2.34 billion. We also find an increase in unemployment and a decline in the skill levels of the occupations into which students sort. These effects are driven, at least in part, by a reduction in educational attainment.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Public Administration, Safety Research

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Building back better to avert a learning catastrophe: Estimating learning loss from COVID-19 school shutdowns in Africa and facilitating short-term and long-term learning recovery (2021, background): “The growing evidence base of the impact of school closures during summer breaks, natural disasters, and teacher strikes has shown large learning losses in high-, middle- and low- income countries (Andrabi et al., 2020; Cooper et al., 1996; Jaume and Willén, 2019; Slade et al., 2017b).”
The likely impact of COVID-19 on education: Reflections based on the existing literature and recent international datasets (2020, background): “Jaume and Willén (2019) examine the long-term consequences of primary school teacher strikes in Argentina.”
COVID-19 learning losses: early grade reading in South Africa (2021, background): “Evidence on the impact of unplanned closures comes from teacher strikes in Belgium (Belot and Webbink 2010), Argentina (Jaume and Willen 2019), Canada (Baker 2011) and South Africa (Wills 2020); shortened school years in Germany (Cygan-Rehm 2018 and Hampf 2019), children who missed school during…”
The Long-Term Distributional and Welfare Effects of Covid-19 School Closures (2020, background): “Jaume and Willén (2019) find that half a year less instruction time during primary school caused by school strikes in Argentina lowers the long-term earnings by 3.2% for men and 1.9% for women.”