Data and Code for: "The Labor Market for Teachers Under Different Pay Schemes"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Barbara Biasi, Yale University

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Biasi, Barbara. Data and Code for: “The Labor Market for Teachers Under Different Pay Schemes.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-07-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E119844V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary Compensation of most US public school teachers is rigid and solely based on seniority. This paper studies the effects of a reform that gave school districts in Wisconsin full autonomy to redesign teacher pay schemes. Following the reform some districts switched to flexible compensation. Using the expiration of pre-existing collective-bargaining agreements as a source of exogenous variation in the timing of changes in pay, I show that the introduction of flexible pay raised salaries of high-quality teachers, increased teacher quality (due to the arrival of high-quality teachers from other districts and increased effort), and improved student achievement.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Teachers; Teachers; Salaries; Flexible Pay; Teacher Mobility; Teachers; Salaries; Teachers; Salaries; Flexible Pay
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Wisconsin, USA
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2006 – 12/31/2016
Universe:  View help for Universe Wisconsin Public School Teachers


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