Teacher shortages and the business cycle

Torberg Falch, Kaare Johansen () and Bjarne Stroem ()
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Kaare Johansen: Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bjarne Stroem: Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Bjarne Strøm

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Abstract: The ability of the public sector to recruit skilled workers is important for the quality of public sector services. Centralized and rigid pay systems in the public sector might give limited labor supply and shortages of qualified personnel in areas and periods with strong outside labor markets. This paper shows that teacher shortages measured by the share of teachers without approved education are strongly procyclical in Norway. Using a large panel of Norwegian local governments for 1981-2002 and exploiting the rigid wage system, we find a sizeable negative relationship between teacher shortages and the regional unemployment rate.

Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2008-12-04
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Journal Article: Teacher shortages and the business cycle (2009)
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