Compensating differentials in teacher labor markets
Abstract
In reviewing empirical teacher labor market literature across: compensating wage differentials, teacher retention, and policy intervention, we find several emerging patterns. Empirical literature on compensating wage differentials point out that there are positive compensating wage differentials for teaching in schools with higher minority enrollment. That magnitude ranges from a few percentage points to 14 percentage points. There is no consensus on whether there is a compensating wage differential for teaching in schools with higher ...
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