Analyzing the Determinants of the Matching of Public School Teachers to Jobs: Disentangling the Preferences of Teachers and Employers
运用博弈论的双边匹配模型和模拟矩估计法，研究小学教师首次就业岗位匹配的影响因素，发现雇主偏好学业更强的教师和就近居住的教师，而教师偏好离家近、郊区、贫困生比例低的学校，白人教师还偏好少数族裔学生比例低的学校。
This article uses a game-theoretic, two-sided matching model and method of simulated moments estimation to study factors affecting the match of elementary teachers to their first jobs. We find that employers demonstrate preferences for teachers having stronger academic achievement (e.g., attended a more selective college) and for teachers living in closer proximity to the school. Teachers show preferences for schools that are closer geographically, are suburban, have a smaller proportion of students in poverty, and, for white teachers, have a smaller proportion of minority students. These results appear predictable but contradict findings from prior research estimating hedonic wage equations for teacher labor markets.