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Engel, Mimi; Jacob, Brian A. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
Recent evidence on the large variance in teacher effectiveness has spurred renewed interest in teacher labor market policies. A substantial body of prior research documents that more highly qualified teachers tend to work in more advantaged schools, although this literature cannot determine the relative importance of supply versus demand factors…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Labor Market, Geographic Location
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Engel, Mimi; Jacob, Brian A.; Curran, F. Chris – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Recent evidence on the large variance in teacher effectiveness has spurred interest in teacher labor markets. Research documents that better qualified teachers typically work in more advantaged schools but cannot determine the relative importance of supply versus demand. To isolate teacher preferences, we document which schools prospective…
Descriptors: Labor Supply, Teacher Effectiveness, Labor Market, Employment Interviews