The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reform: Lessons from Wisconsin’s Act 10
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Keywords
Teacher Salaries; Collective Bargaining; Political Feasibility; Education Reform;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- P46 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
- P11 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2025-05-12 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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