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Table 4 Effect of teaching tenure on own money spent, SASS data

From: How do teachers respond to tenure?

Sample restrictions

(1) Baseline

(2) Tenure evaluation year dummy

(3) Exclude “Before Tenure Evaluation” dummy

(4) No individual teacher or district controls

Before Tenure Evaluation

−68.068**

  

−69.038**

 

(29.924)

  

(29.881)

Tenure Evaluation Year

 

68.068**

  
  

(29.924)

  

First Year With Tenure

−75.567**

−7.499

−72.582*

−62.519**

 

(34.803)

(45.906)

(36.886)

(27.533)

Two Or More Years With Tenure

−26.897

41.171

−38.842

−20.752

 

(44.233)

(62.679)

(44.507)

(41.629)

Black

−84.454***

−84.454***

−85.612***

 
 

(20.784)

(20.784)

(20.908)

 

Hispanic

30.993

30.993

31.075

 
 

(23.033)

(23.033)

(22.555)

 

Other Race

−91.581**

−91.581**

−91.120**

 
 

(34.666)

(34.666)

(34.728)

 

Male

−96.151***

−96.151***

−95.840***

 
 

(13.985)

(13.985)

(13.926)

 

Age

2.561***

2.561***

2.560***

 
 

(0.917)

(0.917)

(0.918)

 

Salary ($1000s)

2.690***

2.690***

2.689***

 
 

(0.966)

(0.966)

(0.969)

 

Student-Teacher Ratio

−3.127*

−3.127*

−3.111*

 
 

(1.681)

(1.681)

(1.677)

 

Free Lunch Percentage

84.657***

84.657***

85.726***

 
 

(24.353)

(24.353)

(24.352)

 

Expenditures Per Student

−2.613**

−2.613**

−2.729**

 
 

(1.196)

(1.196)

(1.184)

 

Collective Bargaining

18.375

18.375

17.558

 
 

(19.784)

(19.784)

(19.970)

 

Second Year of Teaching

64.957***

64.957***

66.058***

65.920***

 

(18.742)

(18.742)

(18.627)

(19.310)

Third Year of Teaching

24.848

24.848

36.029

32.846

 

(28.267)

(28.267)

(25.755)

(27.988)

Fourth Year of Teaching

−31.896

−31.896

25.074

−18.136

 

(34.405)

(34.405)

(20.975)

(34.777)

Fifth Year of Teaching

−37.237

−37.237

27.344

−28.892

 

(52.303)

(52.303)

(39.033)

(49.917)

Sixth Year of Teaching

−67.960

−67.960

9.762

−45.762

 

(64.568)

(64.568)

(42.686)

(66.013)

Seventh Year of Teaching

−74.371

−74.371

4.934

−53.010

 

(76.580)

(76.580)

(53.745)

(74.962)

R-squared

0.051

0.051

0.051

0.034

Observations

15,120

15,120

15,120

15,650

  1. Standard errors in parentheses, clustered by state.
  2. State effects and teaching year effects are included in the above regressions.
  3. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.
  4. Note: Sample sizes rounded to nearest 10 for NCES confidentiality purposes.