Teacher Preferences, Working Conditions, and Compensation Structure

Arbeitspapier

Improving schools depends on attracting high-caliber teachers and increasing retention, both made possible by appealing to teacher preferences. I deploy a discrete-choice experiment in a setting where teachers have reason to reveal their preferences. There are three main findings: (1) I calculate willingness-to-pay for a series of workplace attributes including salary structure, retirement benefits, performance pay, class size, and time-to-tenure. (2) Highly rated teachers have stronger preferences for schools offering performance pay, which may be used to differentially attract and retain them. (3) Under various criteria, schools seem to underpay in salary and performance pay while overpaying in retirement benefits.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13121

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Education and Research Institutions: General ; Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions ; Public Sector Labor Markets ; Personnel Economics: General
• Subject: teachers ; labor market ; achievement ; retention ; selection

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Johnston, Andrew C.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/216433
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET