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ERIC Number: EJ1465236
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0261-9768
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5928
Available Date: 0000-00-00
How to Keep Teachers in a Profession in Times of Budget Shortages?
Sylwia Wrona1; Tomasz Gajderowicz1; Maciej Jakubowski1
European Journal of Teacher Education, v48 n1 p178-199 2025
This paper examines teachers' preferences for working conditions that affect job satisfaction. It addresses the credibility crisis facing the teaching profession in many nations due to low wages and poor working conditions. Beyond income, teachers appreciate other elements that can compensate for their relatively low pay, potentially relieving the strain on national budgets compared to wage increases. Using the discrete choice experiment methodology, this study investigated teachers' preferences for job-related characteristics that policymakers can directly alter and incorporate into the compensation system. Teachers demonstrated a strong preference for access to equipment, private medical treatment, theatre tickets, and free public transit, valuing these attributes higher than their current market price, suggesting promising policy avenues. These findings may provide evidence for drafting effective teachers' contracts and use the Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) as the school-level tool for motivation management.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Poland
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland