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Title: Who Teaches and Where They Choose to Teach: Male and Female College Graduates

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Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: This paper investigates the key determinants of entry into the teaching profession, and the subsequent sorting of new teachers across urban, suburban, and rural schools. Of particular interest is the relative importance of teacher salaries, alternative labor market opportunities, and non-pecuniary job attributes or working conditions on this decision process. Results from a nested logit model applied to the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study suggest that work conditions play a relatively more important role in determining where new teachers end up choosing to teach, rather than differences in teacher salaries. This is especially true for women. Meanwhile wages play a relatively more important role at the occupational entry decision. In addition, there is significant variation in teacher quality indicators across these school locations.

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Authors: Bacolod, Marigee

Publisher: University of California - Irvine

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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