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The Turnover of Teachers: A Competing Risks Explanation

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the decision by teachers to leave the profession in a dependent competing risks framework. The econometric model allows for a flexible, semiparametric specification of the duration-dependence structure and of the unobserved heterogeneity distribution in each exit-specific hazard function. Our results obtained for a large sample of UK teachers affirm the importance of teacher salaries and opportunity wages in the turnover decision of teachers and illustrate the insight gained from differentiating between multiple destinations or exit types.

Source: The Review of Economics and Statistics

DOI: 10.1162/003465399558292

Authors: Peter Dolton, Wilbert van der Klaauw

Institutions: Newcastle University, New York University

Language: English

Topic: Teacher Professional Development and Motivation

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2089497767

FWCI: 21.73

Cites: 14

Cited by: 250

Related to: 10