Andrew Leigh
Teacher pay and teacher aptitude
Australian National University
changes teacher pay encourage able individuals enter teaching profession far studies impact pay aptitude distribution teachers provided mixed evidence extent altering teacher salaries represents feasible solution teacher quality problem one possible reason studies unable separate labor supply effects labor demand effects address model relationship current salaries academic aptitude future teachers entering teacher education courses using unique dataset test scores every individual admitted australian university 1989 2003 explore interstate variation average pay pay dispersion affects decision enter teacher education courses 1 percent rise salary starting teacher boosts average aptitude students entering teacher education courses 06 percentile ranks effect strongest median result robust instrumenting teacher pay using uniform salary schedules public schools also find evidence pay dispersion nonteaching sector lowers aptitude potential teachers