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Teacher quality and teacher salaries: the case of Pennsylvania

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  • Tin-chun Lin

    (Indiana University - Northwest)

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Both teacher quality and teacher salaries are endogenously correlated in the teacher labor market. Therefore, due to endogeneity, we develop three econometric simultaneous-equation models to examine the link between teacher quality and teacher salaries. A total of 500 school districts in the state of Pennsylvania during the school years 1999-2000 to 2001-2002 are selected for a case study. Results reveal a positive and significant relationship between these two.

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  • Tin-chun Lin, 2009. "Teacher quality and teacher salaries: the case of Pennsylvania," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(3), pages 2136-2144.
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    Teacher quality; Teacher salary;

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    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • C3 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables

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