Table 6.
The Teacher Wage Gap: Results for Hourly Wages Using Usual Hours, Hours Last Week, and Diary Hours of Work—ATUS sample
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
UsualLast WeekDiaryUsualLast WeekDiary
Teacher −0.122*** −0.069 *** 0.016    
 (0.016) (0.016) (0.016)    
Elem/Middle    −0.111*** −0.082*** 0.065*** 
    (0.019) (0.019) (0.018) 
Secondary    −0.188*** −0.081*** −0.128*** 
    (0.024) (0.029) (0.023) 
Special Ed    0.008 0.04 0.145*** 
    (0.036) (0.053) (0.039) 
Age 0.063*** 0.061*** 0.068*** 0.063*** 0.061*** 0.067*** 
 (0.004) (0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.005) (0.004) 
Age2 −0.0006*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** −0.0006*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** 
 (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) 
Master's 0.143*** 0.127*** 0.165*** 0.143*** 0.127*** 0.165*** 
 (0.014) (0.016) (0.014) (0.014) (0.016) (0.015) 
PhD 0.227*** 0.24*** 0.277*** 0.226*** 0.239*** 0.276*** 
 (0.027) (0.029) (0.027) (0.027) (0.029) (0.027) 
Professional 0.321*** 0.238*** 0.371*** 0.321*** 0.238*** 0.374*** 
 (0.028) (0.026) (0.027) (0.028) (0.026) (0.027) 
White 0.054*** 0.089*** 0.075*** 0.054*** 0.089*** 0.075*** 
 (0.013) (0.019) (0.014) (0.013) (0.019) (0.014) 
Female −0.153*** −0.196*** −0.170*** −0.156*** −0.197*** −0.176*** 
 (0.011) (0.013) (0.012) (0.011) (0.013) (0.012) 
Month Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Year Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Region Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Obs. 17,734 17,734 17,734 17,734 17,734 17,734 
R2 0.149 0.118 0.15 0.15 0.119 0.152 
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
UsualLast WeekDiaryUsualLast WeekDiary
Teacher −0.122*** −0.069 *** 0.016    
 (0.016) (0.016) (0.016)    
Elem/Middle    −0.111*** −0.082*** 0.065*** 
    (0.019) (0.019) (0.018) 
Secondary    −0.188*** −0.081*** −0.128*** 
    (0.024) (0.029) (0.023) 
Special Ed    0.008 0.04 0.145*** 
    (0.036) (0.053) (0.039) 
Age 0.063*** 0.061*** 0.068*** 0.063*** 0.061*** 0.067*** 
 (0.004) (0.005) (0.004) (0.004) (0.005) (0.004) 
Age2 −0.0006*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** −0.0006*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** 
 (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) (0.00005) 
Master's 0.143*** 0.127*** 0.165*** 0.143*** 0.127*** 0.165*** 
 (0.014) (0.016) (0.014) (0.014) (0.016) (0.015) 
PhD 0.227*** 0.24*** 0.277*** 0.226*** 0.239*** 0.276*** 
 (0.027) (0.029) (0.027) (0.027) (0.029) (0.027) 
Professional 0.321*** 0.238*** 0.371*** 0.321*** 0.238*** 0.374*** 
 (0.028) (0.026) (0.027) (0.028) (0.026) (0.027) 
White 0.054*** 0.089*** 0.075*** 0.054*** 0.089*** 0.075*** 
 (0.013) (0.019) (0.014) (0.013) (0.019) (0.014) 
Female −0.153*** −0.196*** −0.170*** −0.156*** −0.197*** −0.176*** 
 (0.011) (0.013) (0.012) (0.011) (0.013) (0.012) 
Month Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Year Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Region Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Obs. 17,734 17,734 17,734 17,734 17,734 17,734 
R2 0.149 0.118 0.15 0.15 0.119 0.152 

Notes: Dependent variable is ln(hourly wage) calculated from equation 5 using usual hours of work or equation 6 using hours of work last week or diary hours of work. Each observation is weighted using the weights provided by the ATUS and standard errors are calculated with successive difference replication (SDR) variance estimation using the replicate weights provided by the ATUS. Sample includes ATUS respondents with at least a bachelor's degree who are full-time workers with reported weekly earnings.

***Significant at the 1% level.

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