Labor Market Frictions and Production Efficiency in Public Schools. Working Paper 163

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Dongwoo; Koedel, Cory; Ni, Shawn; Podgursky, Michael
Institution	National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
Titel	Labor Market Frictions and Production Efficiency in Public Schools. Working Paper 163
Quelle	(2016), (59 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Labor Market; Public Schools; Faculty Mobility; Geographic Location; State Standards; Teacher Certification; Retirement Benefits; Costs; Hypothesis Testing; Economic Factors; Academic Achievement; Influences; School Districts; Coding; Standardized Tests; Scores; Grade 8; Grade 7; Grade 5; Grade 3 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Retirement pay; Ruhegehalt; Cost; Kosten; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Ökonomischer Faktor; Schulleistung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; School district; Schulbezirk; Codierung; Programmierung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03
Abstract	State-specific licensing policies and pension plans create mobility costs for educators who cross state lines. We empirically test whether these costs affect production in schools--a hypothesis that follows directly from economic theory on labor frictions--using geo-coded data from the lower-48 states. We find that achievement is lower in mathematics, and to a lesser extent in reading, at schools that are highly-exposed to state boundaries. A detailed investigation of the selection of schools into boundary regions yields no indication of systematic differences between boundary and non-boundary schools along other measured dimensions. Moreover, we show that cross-district labor frictions do not explain state boundary effects. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that cross-state mobility costs induce frictions in educator labor markets that lower student achievement. The following are appended: (1) Supplementary Figures and Tables; and (2) Sensitivity Analysis. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01