Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20403 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1164
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in England and Wales, using a nationally representative panel data set over 1997-2003. We document the outcomes of former teachers, fit single and competingrisks duration models and examine the influence of relative pay on retention. Surprisingly, we find that teachers who move to outside employment earn 22% less pay, work longer hours, in largely nonprofessional occupations and mainly stay within the public sector. We estimate that a 10% increase in teachers? relative pay would reduce annual quitting rates by less than 1%.
Subjects: 
teachers
panel data
wages
quitting
JEL: 
I18
J45
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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