TEACHER SALARIES AND TEACHER QUALITY

Authors
FIGLIO DN
Citation
Dn. Figlio, TEACHER SALARIES AND TEACHER QUALITY, Economics letters, 55(2), 1997, pp. 267-271
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
55
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
267 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1997)55:2<267:TSATQ>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Recently public schools have increased teacher salaries in an apparent effort to recruit higher quality teachers. This paper finds a signifi cant relationship between teacher salaries and quality (measured by un dergraduate college selectivity and subject matter expertise) within l ocal teacher labor markets. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.