Why Some Communities Pay More than Others? The Example of Illinois Teachers

Lentz, Corliss

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“…Similarly, Delaney (1985) finds that collective bargaining increases the salary differential between experienced teachers and inexperienced teachers. Zwerling and Thomason (1995) and Lentz (1998) also find that while unions have a positive and significant effect on the salaries of teachers earning the highest salary in a district, unions have a small (though still positive) and statistically insignificant effect on the lowest salary in a district. Babcock and Engberg (1999) and Ballou and Podgursky (2002) also suggest that the average levels of teaching experience and education in a district affect the returns to experience and education as well.…”

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Teacher Salaries and Teacher Unions: A Spatial Econometric Approach

Winters¹

2011

ILR Review

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This paper uses the Schools and Staffing Survey to examine the determinants of teacher salaries in the U.S. using a spatial econometric framework. These determinants include teacher salaries in nearby districts, union activity in the district, union activity in neighboring districts, and other school district characteristics. The results confirm that salaries for both experienced and beginning teachers are positively affected by salaries in nearby districts. Investigations of the determinants of teacher salaries that ignore this spatial relationship are likely to be mis-specified.Including the effects of union activity in neighboring districts, the study also finds that union activity increases salaries for experienced teachers by as much as 18-28 percent but increases salaries for beginning teachers by a considerably smaller amount. JEL Classification: J45; J50.

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“…Lentz 1998 andWinters 2009) suggest that districts with a greater property tax base pay higher teacher salaries. Therefore, the log of the median value of owner-occupied housing in the district is included as a proxy for the property tax base and is expected to have a positive effect.…”

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Teacher Salaries and Teacher Unions: A Spatial Econometric Approach

Winters¹

2011

ILR Review

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“…Several researchers have demonstrated the effect of annual procurement volume on procurement employee compensation (Fitzgerald 1998; Hundley 1992; Langer 2000; Lentz 1998; Meier and Wilkins 2002; Morgan 1997; Santere and Thomas 1993). In a study of 448 heads of public procurement units and 414 supervisors and materials managers in the public sector, Alkadry (2004) reports that annual procurement volume is associated with the compensation of both sets of employees.…”

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Covert Pay Discrimination: How Authority Predicts Pay Differences between Women and Men

Alkadry

Tower

2011

Public Administration Review

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Research repeatedly highlights the gap between male and female earnings across the public and private sectors. Th e authors address an overlooked manifestation of pay discrimination against women in the labor market. Using a survey of 384 public sector chief procurement offi cers, they analyze the indirect eff ects of gender on women's pay through the intervening variable of authority. Gender aff ects the amount of authority that is delegated to an employee, which, in turn, aff ects the variance in pay between men and women. Results reveal that gender plays a hidden role in infl uencing compensation levels by shifting the chain of authority given to executives as they build a career portfolio. Th e conclusion underscores why gender pay disparities should account for both the indirect and the direct eff ects of gender on pay.

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Variation in Teacher Salaries in Georgia: Does the Property Tax Base Matter?

Winters¹

2009

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There is a great deal of variation in teacher salaries across school districts. This is important because districts that pay low salaries are likely to have greater trouble recruiting and retaining quality teachers. Regression analysis reveals that local supplements—payments exceeding the state minimum salary schedule—are affected by a number of important factors including the average local supplement in nearby districts, property tax wealth in a district, composition of the property tax base, teacher education, and teacher experience. The results for property wealth are of particular importance. Despite state equalization efforts, poorer districts pay lower teacher salary supplements than wealthier districts, though the difference is only moderately large.

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Why Some Communities Pay More than Others? The Example of Illinois Teachers

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Teacher Salaries and Teacher Unions: A Spatial Econometric Approach

Teacher Salaries and Teacher Unions: A Spatial Econometric Approach

Covert Pay Discrimination: How Authority Predicts Pay Differences between Women and Men

Variation in Teacher Salaries in Georgia: Does the Property Tax Base Matter?

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