Comparing teacher salaries: Insights from the US census Academic Article

abstract

• Teachers are more likely to be found in rural communities and low-wage metropolitan areas than are college-educated workers in other occupations. This analysis explores the extent to which the geographic distribution of teachers explains the relatively low average wage found in other studies. The analysis suggests that excluding geographic indicators from the analysis downwardly biases estimates of relative teacher wages. One important implication of these findings is that researchers should pay attention to geographic wage variations when making earnings comparisons between teaching and other occupations. 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Taylor, Lori

published proceedings

• ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Taylor, L. L.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Taylor, Lori L

publication date

• February 2008

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Economics of Education Review  Journal

keywords

• Salary Wage Differentials
• Teacher Salaries

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.06.002

start page

• 48

end page

• 57

volume

• 27

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.econedurev.2006.06.002