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Tuck, Bradford; Berman, Matthew; Hill, Alexandra – Economics of Education Review, 2009
Local school districts differ in their ability to pay for teacher quality, and in the amenities they offer as places to live and work. Market clearing with heterogeneous quality yields geographically varying teacher salary levels that confound scarcity with unobserved differences in quality. The paper discusses identification and estimation of a…
Descriptors: Free Enterprise System, Models, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Salaries
LaBerge, MaryEllen – 1999
In 1998, the demand for educators in Alaska reached an all-time high. The shortage was most critical for music, math, and special education teachers, as well as for counselors. Filling positions in rural areas is especially difficult. An early retirement incentive program has caused a drain on Alaska's pool of teachers. Factors that inhibit…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Elementary Secondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Rural Schools