Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP8841
Authors: Stéphane Bonhomme; Grégory Jolivet; Edwin Leuven
Abstract: Abstract Job characteristics can affect worker turnover through their effect on utility and through their effect on outside job opportunities. We separately identify and estimate the roles of these two channels. Our method exploits information on job changes and relies on an augmented sample selection correction. Taking our approach to an exhaustive register of Dutch primary school teachers, and using arguably plausible exclusion restrictions, we show a detailed picture of preferences for school characteristics. We also study how preference estimates may be biased when ignoring information on job opportunities and discuss the implications for the analysis of teacher turnover.
Keywords: Compensating differentials; Labour turnover; Sample selection; Teaching labor markets
JEL Codes: C34; C36; J40; J62; J63
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| job characteristics (M54) | teacher turnover (J63) |
| preferences for job attributes (J29) | teacher turnover (J63) |
| job offers on outside opportunities (M51) | teacher turnover (J63) |
| job characteristics (M54) | preferences for job attributes (J29) |
| job characteristics (M54) | job offers on outside opportunities (M51) |
| preferences for job attributes (J29) | job offers on outside opportunities (M51) |