Search for dissertations about: "Teacher supply"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Teacher supply.

  2. 1. Teachers and Student Outcomes: Evidence using Swedish Data

    Author : Christian Andersson; Per Johansson; Arnaud Chevalier; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; Teacher density; Government grant; Teacher supply; Teacher certification; Teacher quality; Instrumental variable; Pedagogic personnel; Homework; Student achievement; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 analyzes how student achievement is affected by resource increases in the Swedish compulsory school, due to a special government grant. The analysis is based on register data between 1998 and 2005. The study shows that the increased resources have not had a statistically significant positive effect on the average student’s achievement. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays in education and family economics

    Author : Krzysztof Karbownik; Björn Öckert; Erik Plug; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; teacher mobility; labor supply; gender preferences; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Paper 1: This paper examines the determinants of teacher turnover using matched employee-employer panel data from Swedish lower and upper secondary schools in a market-oriented institutional environment with a growing private sector and individually negotiated wages. I find statistically significant and robust negative correlations between mobility and monetary compensations. READ MORE

  5. 3. The effects of markets, managers and peers on worker outcomes

    Author : Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Olof Åslund; Erling Barth; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Markets; Wages; School competition; Managers; Co-Workers; Fertility; Gender; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: This essay exploits the entry of private independent high schools in Sweden to examine how local school competition affects the wages and the mobility of teachers in a market with individual wage bargaining. Using rich matched employer-employee panel data covering all high school teachers over a period of 16 years, I show that the entry of private schools is associated with higher teacher salaries, including higher salaries for teachers in public schools. READ MORE