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Journal
Journal of Collective Negotiations
ISSN
2167-7816 (print) 2167-7824 (electronic)
Volume
27
Issue
2
Date
6/1/1998

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Title
THE EFFECTS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ON TEACHER COMPENSATION: LESSONS FROM ILLINOIS
DOI
10.2190/D04N-65GC-5Q2R-DE2P
Author
CORLISS LENTZ
Online Date
05/09/2002

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THE EFFECTS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ON TEACHER COMPENSATION: LESSONS FROM ILLINOIS

CORLISS LENTZ

DOI: 10.2190/D04N-65GC-5Q2R-DE2P

Abstract

This study of 954 Illinois school districts (Fiscal Year 1989-90) examined the effects of collective bargaining and region on comprehensive teacher compensation (average salary plus hospitalization and life insurance benefits for teachers and their families). The study compared compensation in school districts in the Chicago metropolitan area to "downstate" districts from three perspectives: school district characteristics, "ability to pay," and composition of the tax base. The study found large proportions of agricultural property in the tax base depressed compensation; therefore, "downstate" districts provided less compensation for their teachers than Chicago metropolitan school districts. Collective bargaining had little effect on compensation, probably because unions have saturated Illinois districts. School districts with higher levels of "ability to pay" paid higher levels of compensation than poor districts. Districts receiving large proportions of General State Aid have less "ability to pay" and, therefore, pay less compensation than more prosperous districts.

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