Arnaud Chevalier, Peter Dolton and Steven McIntosh (2006) Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in the UK: An Analysis of Graduate Occupation Choice from the 1960s to the 1990s. Economica, 74 (293). pp. 69 - 96. ISSN 1468-0335
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This paper examines the market for teachers in the UK from 1960 to 2002 using six graduate cohort data sets. We find that whilst there is no strong evidence that teachers are under-paid, the relative wages in teaching compared to alternative professions have a significant impact on the likelihood of graduates choosing to teach. This wage effect is strongest at times of low relative teachers’ wages, or following a period of decline in those wages. It is also strongest for those individuals who have more recently graduated, and for men.
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