Do more effective teachers earn more outside of the classroom?

Arbeitspapier

We examine earnings records for 90,000 classroom teachers employed by Florida public schools between the 2001-02 and 2006-07 school years, roughly 20,000 of whom left teaching during that time. Among grade 4-8 teachers leaving for other industries, a 1 standard deviation increase in estimated value-added to student achievement is associated with 6-9 percent higher earnings outside of teaching. The relationship between effectiveness and earnings is stronger in other industries than it is for the same teachers while in the classroom, suggesting that existing compensation systems do not account for the higher opportunity wages of effective teachers.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 2996

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Public Sector Labor Markets ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: Lehrkräfte ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Lohnstruktur ; Leistungsmotivation ; Schüler ; Bildungsniveau ; Florida

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Chingos, Matthew M. ; West, Martin R.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/38949
• Last update: 2025-03-10T11:45:03+0100