Effects of legal changes weakening teachers unions on school district spending on teacher compensation, by socioeconomic (SES) status of school district
| Teacher compensation variables | High-SES districts | Mid-SES districts | Low-SES districts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Log (teacher salary expenditure) | -0.0500*** | -0.0450*** | -0.0437*** |
| standard error | (0.0065) | (0.0042) | (0.0098) |
| Log (teacher benefits expenditure) | -0.154*** | -0.0910*** | -0.0225** |
| standard error | (0.0135) | (0.0067) | (0.0109) |
| Log (teacher total compensation) | -0.0867*** | -0.0529*** | -0.0439*** |
| standard error | (0.0105) | (0.0081) | (0.0118) |
| Observations | 18,750 | 37,620 | 19,090 |
Notes: Errors are clustered within districts (presented in parentheses). N is rounded to the nearest ten. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1. All models include covariates for district characteristics, community characteristics, year dummies, and state dummies.
Sources: Authors’ estimation based on a linked data set between the Local Education Agency (School Districts) Finance Survey and the Stanford Education Data Archive for 2009–2010 and 2015–2016 school years.