Table 9.
The Teacher Wage Gap, Results for Hourly Wages Using Diary Hours of Work, by Subgroup—Public Sector Teachers Only
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Full SampleFemaleMaleBachelor'sMaster'sBy Assignment
Public Teacher 0.034** 0.157*** −0.224*** 0.069*** 0.036  
 (0.016) (0.019) (0.029) (0.02) (0.027)  
Public Elem/Middle      0.085*** 
      (0.018) 
Public Secondary      −0.112*** 
      (0.026) 
Public Special Ed      0.151*** 
      (0.043) 
Age 0.068*** 0.063*** 0.07*** 0.073*** 0.06*** 0.067*** 
 (0.004) (0.007) (0.005) (0.005) (0.009) (0.004) 
Age2 −0.0007*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** −0.0008*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** 
 (0.00005) (0.00008) (0.00006) (0.00006) (0.0001) (0.00005) 
Master's 0.164*** 0.211*** 0.121***   0.164*** 
 (0.014) (0.017) (0.024)   (0.014) 
PhD 0.277*** 0.3*** 0.254***   0.277*** 
 (0.027) (0.056) (0.028)   (0.027) 
Professional 0.372*** 0.373*** 0.357***   0.374*** 
 (0.027) (0.05) (0.03)   (0.027) 
White 0.074*** 0.03 0.102*** 0.087*** 0.043 0.075*** 
 (0.014) (0.018) (0.022) (0.017) (0.028) (0.014) 
Female −0.172***   −0.194*** −0.110*** −0.177*** 
 (0.012)   (0.015) (0.025) (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 8,721 9,013 11,252 4,758 17,734 
R2 0.15 0.149 0.119 0.127 0.092 0.152 
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Full SampleFemaleMaleBachelor'sMaster'sBy Assignment
Public Teacher 0.034** 0.157*** −0.224*** 0.069*** 0.036  
 (0.016) (0.019) (0.029) (0.02) (0.027)  
Public Elem/Middle      0.085*** 
      (0.018) 
Public Secondary      −0.112*** 
      (0.026) 
Public Special Ed      0.151*** 
      (0.043) 
Age 0.068*** 0.063*** 0.07*** 0.073*** 0.06*** 0.067*** 
 (0.004) (0.007) (0.005) (0.005) (0.009) (0.004) 
Age2 −0.0007*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** −0.0008*** −0.0006*** −0.0007*** 
 (0.00005) (0.00008) (0.00006) (0.00006) (0.0001) (0.00005) 
Master's 0.164*** 0.211*** 0.121***   0.164*** 
 (0.014) (0.017) (0.024)   (0.014) 
PhD 0.277*** 0.3*** 0.254***   0.277*** 
 (0.027) (0.056) (0.028)   (0.027) 
Professional 0.372*** 0.373*** 0.357***   0.374*** 
 (0.027) (0.05) (0.03)   (0.027) 
White 0.074*** 0.03 0.102*** 0.087*** 0.043 0.075*** 
 (0.014) (0.018) (0.022) (0.017) (0.028) (0.014) 
Female −0.172***   −0.194*** −0.110*** −0.177*** 
 (0.012)   (0.015) (0.025) (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 8,721 9,013 11,252 4,758 17,734 
R2 0.15 0.149 0.119 0.127 0.092 0.152 

Notes: Dependent variable is ln(hourly wage) calculated from equation 6 using 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. Column (1) includes the entire sample. Columns (2)–(5) limit the sample to only female, male, highest degree is a bachelor's, highest degree is a master's, respectively. Column (6) repeats column (1) disaggregating teachers into elementary/middle, secondary, and special education teachers.

**Significant at the 5% level; ***significant at the 1% level.

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