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Title: Self-Selection and Ability of School Teachers

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This paper uses the framework of Roy’s (1951) model of occupational choice to characterize teachers’ relative ability over time. In particular, I examine the way teachers would have performed in the non-teaching sector had they joined it. The results show that teachers would earn less than those of non-teachers if both groups faced the same price of skills. Interpreting these results in the context of Borjas’s (1987) theoretical framework, I conclude that teachers are negatively selected, in that they are, on average, less skilled or productive than are non-teachers. In explaining this negative selection, I find that teachers are not compensated adequately for their skills, as measured by college major and advanced degrees in their early careers.

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Authors: Regmi, Krishna

Publisher: Montana State University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

Countries: United States