The U.S. has witnessed a resurgence of labor activism, with teachers at the forefront. We examine how teacher strikes … affect compensation, working conditions, and productivity with an original dataset of 772 teacher strikes generating 48 … million student days idle between 2007 and 2023. Using an event study framework, we find that, on average, strikes increase …

and 30% to education signaling workers' ability …

A central result in the theory of adverse selection in asset markets is that informed sellers can signal quality and … obtain higher prices by delaying trade. This paper provides some of the first evidence of a signaling mechanism through trade …