TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Frijters, Paul
AU  - Shields, Michael A.
AU  - Price, Stephen Wheatley
        TI  - To Teach or Not to Teach? Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision
        PY  - 2004/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1164
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1164
        AB  - The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of
public sector teachers in England and Wales, using a nationally representative panel data set
over 1997-2003. We document the outcomes of former teachers, fit single and competingrisks
duration models and examine the influence of relative pay on retention. Surprisingly, we
find that teachers who move to outside employment earn 22% less pay, work longer hours, in
largely nonprofessional occupations and mainly stay within the public sector. We estimate
that a 10% increase in teachers’ relative pay would reduce annual quitting rates by less than
1%.
        KW  - teachers
KW  - panel data
KW  - wages
KW  - quitting
        ER  -