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Location Effects and the Determination of Beginning Teacher Salaries: Evidence from Ohio

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  • Gary Wagner
  • Tod Porter

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This paper provides a new treatment of district location in modeling the determinants of teacher salaries by incorporating the methodology of spatial econometrics. Using a location weighting variable, we examine how starting teacher salaries in one district are influenced by other districts' starting salaries in the region. We find that a $1 increase in average beginning teacher salaries of a district's neighbors generates an own salary increase in average teacher salaries ranging from $0.51 to $0.96. In order to completely account for the spillover effects present, the specification of the location variable must incorporate both the size and distance of neighboring districts.

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  • Gary Wagner & Tod Porter, 2000. "Location Effects and the Determination of Beginning Teacher Salaries: Evidence from Ohio," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 109-127.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:8:y:2000:i:2:p:109-127
    DOI: 10.1080/096452900410695
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