Lessons Learned from the Great Recession : Layoffs and the RIF-Induced Teacher Shuffle. Working Paper 129 / Dan Goldhaber, Katharine O. Strunk and Nate Brown.

One consequence of the Great Recession is that teacher layoffs occurred at a scale previously unseen. In this paper we assess the effects of receiving a layoff notice on teacher mobility using data from Los Angeles and Washington State. We find strong evidence that the receipt of a layoff notice inc...

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Main Authors: Goldhaber, Dan, Strunk, Katharine O. (Author), Brown, Nate (Author), Knight, David S. (Author)
Corporate Author: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
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Language:English
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Summary:One consequence of the Great Recession is that teacher layoffs occurred at a scale previously unseen. In this paper we assess the effects of receiving a layoff notice on teacher mobility using data from Los Angeles and Washington State. We find strong evidence that the receipt of a layoff notice increases the likelihood that teachers leave their schools, even in the absence of actually losing their position due to a layoff. Placebo tests suggest that it is the layoff process that induces "structural churn" rather than differential mobility of the teachers who are targeted by this process.
Item Description:Availability: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-403-5796; Fax: 202-403-6783; e-mail: info@caldercenter.org; Web site: https://caldercenter.org.
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED).
Contract Number: R305C120008.
Abstractor: As Provided.
Educational level discussed: Elementary Education.
Educational level discussed: Secondary Education.
Physical Description:1 online resource (52 pages)