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The Effect of Occupational Licensing Stringency on the Teacher Quality Distribution / Bradley Larsen, Ziao Ju, Adam Kapor, Chuan Yu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larsen, Bradley.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28158.
- NBER working paper series no. w28158
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2020.
- Summary:
- Concerned about the low academic ability of public school teachers, in the 1990s and 2000s, some states increased licensing stringency to weed out low-quality candidates, while others decreased restrictions to attract high-quality candidates. We offer a theoretical model justifying both reactions. Using data from 1991-2007 on licensing requirements and teacher quality--as measured by the selectivity of teachers' undergraduate institutions--we find that stricter licensing requirements, especially those emphasizing academic coursework, increase the left tail of the quality distribution for secondary school teachers without significantly decreasing quality for high-minority or high-poverty districts.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- December 2020.
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