Arbeitspapier

Teacher supply and the market for teachers

The share of non-certified teachers in Swedish compulsory public schools has grown considerably during the last decade, from 7.2 percent in 1995/96 to 17.2 percent in 2003/04. Moreover, comparisons between schools and municipalities indicate large and increasing differences in the share of non-certified teachers over time. In this paper we study whether these patterns may be explained by restrictions in the supply of certified teachers. We do this by using a temporary targeted governmental grant, aimed at increasing the personnel density in schools, as an exogenous teacher demand shock. Our results show that the introduction of the grant decreased the share of non-certified teachers more in areas characterized by relatively high unemployment rates among certified teachers, i.e., where teacher supply restrictions were relatively low. These findings hence suggest that teacher supply restrictions do indeed matter for the composition of teaching staff.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2007:5

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Thema
Teacher supply
teacher certification
government grant
Bildungswesen
Lehrkräfte
Qualifikation
Marktstruktur
Ökonometrisches Modell
Schweden

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Andersson, Christian
Waldenström, Nina
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
(wo)
Uppsala
(wann)
2007

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Andersson, Christian
  • Waldenström, Nina
  • Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)

Entstanden

  • 2007

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