Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
职业许可严格程度对公立学校教师市场的影响
The Effects of Occupational Licensing Stringency on the Market for Public School Teachers
摘要
Concerned about the low academic ability of teachers, in the 1990s and 2000s, some states increased occupational licensing stringency to weed out low-academic-ability candidates, while others decreased restrictions in hopes of attracting more competitive candidates, with states differing in the nature of their requirements. Studying 1991– 2007, we show that academic coursework requirements constitute the most prominent changes in licensing requirements and that stricter requirements increased the left tail of the distribution of college selectivity among secondary school teachers. We find no evidence of disparate negative effects for high-poverty school districts but some evidence for high-minority districts.
中文摘要
出于对教师学术能力偏低的担忧，20世纪90年代至21世纪初，一些州提高了职业许可的严格程度，以淘汰学术能力较低的候选人，而另一些州则降低了限制，希望吸引更具竞争力的候选人，各州在要求性质上存在差异。通过研究1991年至2007年的情况，我们发现学术课程要求构成了许可要求中最显著的变化，并且更严格的要求提高了中学教师大学选择性分布左尾。我们未发现对高贫困学区存在不成比例的负面影响的证据，但发现了一些对高少数族裔学区存在此类影响的证据。