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The determinants of teacher mobility. Evidence from a panel of Italian teachers

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  • Gianna Barbieri

    (Ministry of Education)

  • Claudio Rossetti

    (LUISS University)

  • Paolo Sestito

    (Bank of Italy)

Abstract

In the Italian system teachers are allocated to schools according to a seniority-based centralized system with no role of individual schools in attracting, selecting and retaining teachers. Largely because of the rather limited pay scale, seniority-based rights to move to a particular school and geographical location represent one of the main career opportunities for tenured teachers. This paper examines the main drivers of the resulting (voluntary) mobility of Italian teachers. We find that the teachers' place of birth (after securing a tenured position, teachers try find work near their place of birth) and several features related to the student mix and the social context of the school are very important. Teachers systematically try to move away from schools where teaching is likely to be more difficult, for example where the students come from a lower socio-economic background and have poorer educational abilities even though teachers could have a more important role in boosting students' human capital accumulation. The centralized allocation system does not appear to equalize opportunities among different school environments. Furthermore, the absence of any criteria other than seniority in regulating teachers' locational preferences produces high staff turnover and a widespread lack of motivation among teachers who, all too often, are simply waiting in one school until they can move on to another.

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  • Gianna Barbieri & Claudio Rossetti & Paolo Sestito, 2010. "The determinants of teacher mobility. Evidence from a panel of Italian teachers," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 761, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdi:wptemi:td_761_10
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    1. Fedeli, Emanuele & Triventi, Moris, 2022. "Immigrant concentration and ethno-linguistic diversity in the classroom: consequences for children’s well-being, social integration and academic competencies," SocArXiv uk73m, Center for Open Science.
    2. Dalit Contini & Elisa Grand, 2017. "On Estimating Achievement Dynamic Models from Repeated Cross Sections," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 46(4), pages 988-1017, November.
    3. Marco Tonello, 2011. "Mechanisms of peer interactions between native and non-native students: rejection or integration?," Working Papers 2011/21, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).
    4. Alessandro Belmonte & Aline Pennisi, 2013. "Impatto territoriale delle riforme dell?istruzione sul fabbisogno di insegnanti," SCIENZE REGIONALI, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2013(1), pages 87-114.
    5. Marco Tonello, 2011. "Mechanisms of peer interactions between native and non-native students: rejection or integration?," Working Papers 2011/21, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB).

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    Keywords

    The labour market for teachers; teacher mobility; geographical mobility; school characteristics;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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