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Determinants of the Compensation and Mobility of School Superintendents

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  • Ronald G. Ehrenberg
  • Richard P. Chaykowski
  • Randy A. Ehrenberg

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Analyzing 1978–83 panel data from more than 700 New York State school districts, the authors find evidence that school superintendents were rewarded, both by higher salary increases and by enhanced opportunities to move to better-paying jobs, for having low school tax rates and high educational achievement within their districts, relative to the values of those variables in comparable school districts in the state. The rewards were, however, quite small. The analysis also suggests that the superintendents themselves did not significantly influence either school tax rates or educational test scores in their districts.

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  • Ronald G. Ehrenberg & Richard P. Chaykowski & Randy A. Ehrenberg, 1988. "Determinants of the Compensation and Mobility of School Superintendents," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 41(3), pages 386-401, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:41:y:1988:i:3:p:386-401
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    1. Ronald G. Ehrenberg, 2017. "Coauthors and Collaborations," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 62(1), pages 3-18, March.
    2. Billger, Sherrilyn M., 2007. "Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals," IZA Discussion Papers 2662, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Ronald G. Ehrenberg & Randy A. Ehrenberg & Christopher L. Smith & Liang Zhang, 2002. "Why Do School District Budget Referenda Fail?," NBER Working Papers 9088, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Miller, Ashley, 2013. "Principal turnover and student achievement," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 60-72.
    5. Rexford E. Santerre & Laurie J. Bates, 1996. "Performance and Pay in the Public Sector: the Case of the Local Tax Assessor," Public Finance Review, , vol. 24(4), pages 481-493, October.
    6. João Ricardo Faria & Steven B. Caudill & Daniel M. Gropper & Franklin G. Mixon, 2022. "Negotiation and bargaining power in the determination of administrative wages in academe," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(7), pages 2935-2940, October.
    7. Ronald G. Ehrenberg & Randy A. Ehrenberg & Daniel I. Rees & REric L. Ehrenberg, 1991. "School District Leave Policies, Teacher Absenteeism, and Student Achievement," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 26(1), pages 72-105.

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