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Preferences, Inequities, and Incentives in the Substitute Teacher Labor Market

Matthew A. Kraft, Megan Conklin, Grace Falken. November 2022

Topics: Staffing, Finance, and Operations

Tags: Teacher hiring and retention, Equity

We examine the labor supply decisions of substitute teachers – a large, on-demand market with broad shortages and inequitable supply. In 2018, Chicago Public Schools implemented a targeted bonus program designed to reduce unfilled teacher absences in largely segregated Black… more →
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Institutions: Brown University, Chicago Public Schools, University of Washington