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Download full textBoyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; Wyckoff, James – 2003
This paper explores a little-understood aspect of labor markets, their spatial geography. Using data from New York State, it finds teacher labor markets to be geographically very small. Teachers express preferences to teach close to where they grew up, and, controlling for proximity, they prefer areas with characteristics similar to their…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Market, Proximity, School Location
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Direct linkBoyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; Wyckoff, James – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
This paper explores a little-understood aspect of labor markets, their spatial geography. Using data from New York State, we find teacher labor markets to be geographically very small. Teachers express preferences to teach close to where they grew up and, controlling for proximity, they prefer areas with characteristics similar to their hometown.…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Proximity, Place of Residence, Geographic Location
