The teacher labour market, teacher turnover and disadvantaged schools: new evidence for England

Rebecca Allen; Simon Burgess; Jennifer Mayo

doi:10.1080/09645292.2017.1366425

The teacher labour market, teacher turnover and disadvantaged schools: new evidence for England

Rebecca Allen
, Simon Burgess^*
, Jennifer Mayo

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We study the market for teachers in England, in particular teacher turnover. We show that there is a positive raw association between the level of school disadvantage and the turnover rate of its teachers. This association diminishes as we control for school, pupil and local teacher labour market characteristics, but is not eliminated. The remaining association is largely accounted for by teacher characteristics, with the poorer schools hiring much younger teachers on average. We interpret this market equilibrium allocation as either deriving from the preferences of young teachers, or as reflecting the low market attractiveness of disadvantaged schools.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-23
Number of pages	20
Journal	Education Economics
Volume	26
Issue number	1
Early online date	31 Aug 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2017.1366425
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2018

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disadvantaged schools
educational inequality
Teacher labour market
teacher turnover

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