Preferences, Inequities, and Incentives in the Substitute Teacher Labor Market. Working Paper 30714

Autor/inn/en	Kraft, Matthew A.; Conklin, Megan Lane; Falken, Grace T.
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Titel	Preferences, Inequities, and Incentives in the Substitute Teacher Labor Market. Working Paper 30714
Quelle	(2022) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Substitute Teachers; Teacher Shortage; Preferences; Incentives; Rewards; African American Students; Academic Achievement; African American Teachers; Hispanic Americans; Wages; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Substitute teacher; Temporary teacher; Temporary teachers; Aushilfslehrer; Lehrermangel; Anreiz; Reward; Belohnung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulleistung; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Wage; Löhne
Abstract	We examine the labor supply decisions of substitute teachers -- a large, on-demand market with broad shortages and inequitable supply. In 2018, Chicago Public Schools implemented a targeted bonus program designed to reduce unfilled teacher absences in largely segregated Black schools with historically low substitute coverage rates. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that incentive pay substantially improved coverage equity and raised student achievement. Changes in labor supply were concentrated among Black and Hispanic substitutes from nearby neighborhoods with experience in incentive schools. Wage elasticity estimates suggest incentives would need to be 50% of daily wages to close fill-rate gaps. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01