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Income Inequality amongst Swiss Primary School Teachers in the Late 19th Century

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  • Floris Joël

    (University of Zurich, Zurich, Schweiz)

  • Woitek Ulrich

    (University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich, Schweiz)

  • Wüthrich Gabriela

    (University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich, Schweiz)

Abstract

We examine the distribution of income across Swiss primary school teachers at the end of the 19th century. To assess income differences we use a detailed data set on the income of 14,000 Swiss primary school teachers in 1881 and 1894/95. In addition, we use annually aggregated test scores from pedagogical examinations at recruitment, to test for the impact of inequality on conscripts’ performance. Our results show that between-group inequality amounts to about 35 per cent of total income inequality, and that teachers’ income inequality does not play a role in explaining differences in the performance of conscripts in the pedagogical examinations.

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  • Floris Joël & Woitek Ulrich & Wüthrich Gabriela, 2013. "Income Inequality amongst Swiss Primary School Teachers in the Late 19th Century," Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, De Gruyter, vol. 54(1), pages 57-74, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:jbwige:v:54:y:2013:i:1:p:57-74:n:4
    DOI: 10.1524/jbwg.2013.0004
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