Teacher Salaries and Teacher Unions: A Spatial Econometric Approach

John Winters

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper uses the Schools and Staffing Survey to examine the determinants of teacher salaries in the U.S. using a spatial econometric framework. These determinants include teacher salaries in nearby districts, union activity in the district, union activity in neighboring districts, and other school district characteristics. The results confirm that salaries for both experienced and beginning teachers are positively affected by salaries in nearby districts. Investigations of the determinants of teacher salaries that ignore this spatial relationship are likely to be mis-specified. Including the effects of union activity in neighboring districts, the study also finds that union activity increases salaries for experienced teachers by as much as 18-28 percent but increases salaries for beginning teachers by a considerably smaller amount.

Keywords: Teacher salaries; Teacher unions; Spatial econometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J45 J50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01-01
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Journal Article: Teacher Salaries and Teacher Unions: A Spatial Econometric Approach (2011)
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