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Title: Teacher Attrition in Relation to Comparable Professions: Evidence From a Repeated Cross-sectional Design

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Is the national rate of teacher attrition in the U.S. higher than expected? In this paper I extend prior research on teacher attrition by conducting a repeated cross-sectional analysis of teacher attrition in relation to arguably similar vocational professions, including nursing, social work, and accounting. I find that the national rate of teacher attrition has remained strikingly stable over time at around 8 percent and exhibits less variation than comparable professions. Teachers and nurses share similar rates of attrition. A decline in the labor force leaver rate among older teachers approaching retirement explains a small decrease in the overall attrition rate between 2001 and 2018.

Url: https://tgoldring.com/papers/teacher_attrition_over_time_oct18.pdf

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Authors: Goldring, Thomas

Publisher: University of Michigan

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Topics: Education, Other

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