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Title: Teacher Home Production and Leisure

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: A better understanding of how teacher time use differs from other workers will likely provide insight into how to best design policies that successfully recruit, reward and retain quality teachers. This study uses the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) to investigate teacher time use patterns. I find that during the school year teachers work approximately the same number of hours as similar professionals, however, they are more likely to take work home and are better able to align their working hours with their childrens school day. I find that teachers are able to devote more time to childcare than other professionals. This time use benefit, however, explains only a small portion of the salary gap between teachers and similarly educated workers.

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Authors: West, Kristine L.

Conference Name: the American Education Finance Association Conference

Publisher Location: Richmond, VA

Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

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

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