Abstract
Recently public schools have increased teacher salaries in an apparent effort to recruit higher quality teachers. This paper finds a significant relationship between teacher salaries and quality (measured by undergraduate college selectivity and subject matter expertise) within local teacher labor markets.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 267-271 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Economics Letters |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 29 1997 |
Funding
I gained insight through comments and communication with Dale Ballou, Bruce Blonigen, Joe Stone and Wes Wilson, and an anonymous referee. I gratefully acknowledge support from the US Department of Education. All remaining errors are my own.
Keywords
- Education finance
- Education quality
- I2
- J4
- Teacher quality
- Teacher salaries
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics
