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Why Public Schools Lose Teachers

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Eric A. Hanushek
EJohn F. Kain
Steven G. Rivkin

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Many school districts experience difficulties attracting and retaining teachers, and the impending retirement of a substantial fraction of public school teachers raises the specter of severe shortages in some public schools. Schools in urban areas serving economically disadvantaged and minority students appear particularly vulnerable. This paper investigates those factors that affect the probabilities that teachers switch schools or exit the public schools entirely. The results indicate that teacher mobility is much more strongly related to characteristics of the students, particularly race and achievement, than to salary, although salary exerts a modest impact once compensating differentials are taken into account.

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Volume (Year): 39 (2004)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
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  1. Eric A. Hanushek & John F. Kain & Steven G. Rivkin, 1998. "Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement," NBER Working Papers 6691, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Benjamin Scafidi & David L. Sjoquist & Todd R. Stinebrickner, 2006. "Do Teachers Really Leave for Higher Paying Jobs in Alternative Occupations?," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 0(1). [Downloadable!]
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  9. Steve Bradley & Colin Green & Gareth Leeves, 2006. "The role of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors in teacher turnover and mobility decisions," Working Papers 004350, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department. [Downloadable!]
  10. Feng, Li, 2005. "Hire Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Determinants of Attrition among Public School Teachers," MPRA Paper 589, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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  13. Benjamin Scafidi & David L. Sjoquist & Todd R. Stinebrickner, 2005. "Race, Poverty, and Teacher Mobility," University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project Working Papers 20053, University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project. [Downloadable!]
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