TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Blazar, David
AU  - Gao, Wenjing
AU  - Gershenson, Seth
AU  - Goings, Ramon
AU  - Lagos, Francisco
        TI  - Do Grow-Your-Own Programs Work? Evidence from the Teacher Academy of Maryland
        PY  - 2024/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16983
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16983
        AB  - Local teacher recruitment through "grow-your-own" programs is a prominent strategy to address workforce shortages and ensure that incoming teachers resemble, understand, and have strong connections to their communities. We exploit the staggered rollout of the Teacher Academy of Maryland career and technical education certificate program across public high schools, finding that exposed students were more likely to become teachers by 0.6 percentage points (pp), or 47%. Effects are concentrated among White girls (1.4pp/39%) and Black girls (0.7pp/80%). We also identify positive impacts on wages (5% on average/18% for Black girls), countering a prevailing narrative that teaching leaves one worse off financially relative to other labor market opportunities.
        KW  - earnings
KW  - occupational choice
KW  - college major choice
KW  - high school curricula
KW  - teaching
        ER  -