To Teach or not to Teach? Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision

Paul Frijters, Michael Shields and Stephen Wheatley Price

No 916, Department of Economics - Working Papers Series from The University of Melbourne

Abstract: The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in England and Wales, using a nationally representative panel data set over 1997-2003. We document the outcomes of former teachers, fit single and competing-risks duration models and examine the influence of relative pay on retention. Surprisingly, we find that teachers who move to outside employment earn 22% less pay, work longer hours, in largely nonprofessional occupations and mainly stay within the public sector. We estimate that a 10% increase in teachers’ relative pay would reduce annual quitting rates by less than 1%.

Keywords: Teachers; Panel Data; Wages; Quitting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 J45 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2004
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