Add to ORKGThis paper addresses a popular debate on teacher pay in a developing country context, namely whether teachers are under-paid or over-paid. Using national level household survey data from Bangladesh, we find that teachers are significantly under-paid in comparison to non-teachers who possess similar human capital and other observed characteristics. A decomposition exercise of the teacher non-teacher wage gap reveals that the teacher non-teacher salary difference is driven mostly by differential returns to observed characteristics and not by differences in the endowment of those characteristics. Our results suggest that there is some equity justification for allowing an "across-the-board" increase in teacher pay particularly for female, rural...
Teachers are more likely to be found in rural communities and low-wage metropolitan areas than are c...
In the continuing debate over how to improve education systems, many people argue that teachers` sal...
Developing nations generally spend a fairly large component of their national budgets on education. ...
Artículo de publicación ISIHow much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in...
This paper uses a unique dataset of both public and private sector primary school teachers and their...
Prior research has shown that teachers receive lower pay compared to people with the same educationa...
Why are teachers paid up to four times as much in some countries compared to others and does it matt...
Teachers have arguably one of the most important jobs in the world: to teach their students, i.e. th...
Why are teachers paid up to four times as much in some countries compared to others and does it matt...
Because base salaries for teachers in Cote d'Ivoire are higher than wages of workers in other occupa...
This paper documents the extent to which teachers are underpaid vis-à-vis workers in other professio...
This paper studies the effect of unconditional teacher salary increases on teacher and student outco...
Understanding teacher compensation is important in developing countries, where teacher pay accounts ...
It is unclear whether public sector teachers are under or overpaid relative to other occupations due...
This thesis presents a descriptive statistic and econometric analysis of differential teacher effect...
Teachers are more likely to be found in rural communities and low-wage metropolitan areas than are c...
In the continuing debate over how to improve education systems, many people argue that teachers` sal...
Developing nations generally spend a fairly large component of their national budgets on education. ...
Artículo de publicación ISIHow much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in...
This paper uses a unique dataset of both public and private sector primary school teachers and their...
Prior research has shown that teachers receive lower pay compared to people with the same educationa...
Why are teachers paid up to four times as much in some countries compared to others and does it matt...
Teachers have arguably one of the most important jobs in the world: to teach their students, i.e. th...
Why are teachers paid up to four times as much in some countries compared to others and does it matt...
Because base salaries for teachers in Cote d'Ivoire are higher than wages of workers in other occupa...
This paper documents the extent to which teachers are underpaid vis-à-vis workers in other professio...
This paper studies the effect of unconditional teacher salary increases on teacher and student outco...
Understanding teacher compensation is important in developing countries, where teacher pay accounts ...
It is unclear whether public sector teachers are under or overpaid relative to other occupations due...
This thesis presents a descriptive statistic and econometric analysis of differential teacher effect...
Teachers are more likely to be found in rural communities and low-wage metropolitan areas than are c...
In the continuing debate over how to improve education systems, many people argue that teachers` sal...
Developing nations generally spend a fairly large component of their national budgets on education. ...