Monopsony power in the market for teachers: why teachers should support market-based education reform

Article Abstract:

Employers can exploit individuals with high moving costs when local labor markets are not competitive. Along with nurses and university faculty, teachers are sometimes in such a disadvantageous situation. Teachers' price elasticity of supply may be quite low in many regions, and their geographic mobility may be low when they are their household's second wage earner. Their occupational mobility is often low because of the scarcity of alternate employers within commuting distance. Nearly 96 percent of Texas' teachers work in tax-financed school districts, and many regions have only one district. An econometric model developed from school district data from 48 South Texas and 48 North Texas counties supports the hypothesis that teachers are paid less in less competitive labor markets. In Texas, teachers' salaries are not determined by collective bargaining between district officials and teacher unions. That relatively unique feature of Texas makes it especially well-suited to the task of disentangling monopsony effects from other labor market forces. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Models, Economic aspects, Compensation and benefits, Teachers, Employment, Texas, Regional economics, Educational innovations, Monopsonies

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All together now

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The newest union in the UK, the offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) has been in operation for eight months and has built up a firm membership base, coming from a very varied cross section of workers and functions. The Union's aim is to bring all offshore workers into a single unit and membership stands between 1,500 and 2,000 at Jul 1992. There have been no collective decisions made by groups of workers so those joining are making a personal decision to do so, based on conviction and principle. A particular area of activity is expected to be matters of safety and the Heath and Safety Executive has already been given the Union's opinions on workforce involvement.

Safety and security measures, Social policy, Offshore structures, Offshore Industry Liaison Committee

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Labor video: organizing is the message; unions should use videos as organizing tools to bring workers together to talk, develop strategies, and take action

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How labor unions can use video recordings to better manage, attract new members, create discussion, develop organizing strategies, and generate action is discussed.

Management, Usage, Labor unions, Video recordings

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