Compensating differentials in teachers' salaries

The national internal labor market encounters the local labor market: Effects on employee retention

“…Aggarwal and Kenny (1996 p.13) and Kenny and Denslow (1980) show evidence of this in finding that "the elasticity of wages with respect to agricultural land prices is equal the elasticity of the cost of living with respect to the agricultural land prices. "…”

“…2 However, the theory of compensating wage differentials predicts that wages adjust according to the cost of living and amenities of a location (Rosen, 1979;Haurin, 1980;Roback, 1982;Blomquist et al, 1988;Graves et al, 1999). Other evidence suggests that wages are adjusted to fully compensate workers for the cost of living in a location (Aggarwal and Kenny, 1996;Kenny and Denslow, 1980). This leads one to ask whether the retention of military personnel is significantly affected by the rigid pay structure, which fails to fully adjust wages for the local labor market where personnel are assigned.…”

Does restricting choice in referenda enable governments to spend more?

“…7 In more densely populated areas, schools are able to take advantage of economies of scale in schooling, which lowers costs (Kenny 1982). On the other hand, teacher salaries are higher in metro areas because the cost of living is greater (Kenny and Denslow 1980). Also, competition among public school districts should be greater in metropolitan areas that don't have county-wide school districts, which should make school districts more efficient and thus lower spending.…”

Teacher turnover and non-pecuniary factors

“…Analyses of the relationship between the teacher wage level and school resource use include Kenny & Denslow (1980), Eberts & Stone (1985) and Levinson (1988). teaching. Recent studies by Stinebrickner (1998Stinebrickner ( , 1999 using national US survey data find no statistically significant association between class size and duration of teaching jobs.…”