Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael A.; Wheatley Price, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in … 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 …