Can Public Schools Buy Better-Qualified Teachers?

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Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Review of the Recent Empirical Literature (2006, methodology): “Figlio (2002) analyzed restricted data from the Schools and Staffing Survey and administrative data that linked districts in the 1987–1988 and 1993–1994 waves and found that districts that raised their salaries relative to other teaching salaries in their county increased the possibility of hiring n”
Do Principal Preparation Programs Influence Student Achievement Through the Building of Teacher-Team Qualifications by the Principal? An Exploratory Analysis (2011, background): “The two most consistent findings are (a) teachers’ own prior test scores, especially those related to verbal ability (Coleman, 1966; Ehrenberg & Brewer, 1995) and (b) the selectivity or competitiveness of the undergraduate institution attended by the teacher (Angrist & Guryan, 2003; Ehrenberg & Brew”
Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements (2008, unknown): “ec evidence on the relationship between salaries and measures of teacher quality or performance has been mixed (Figlio, 2002; Hanushek, Kain, & Rivkin, 1999; Murnane, Singer, Willett, Kemple, & Olsen, 1991).”
Teacher quality policy when supply matters (2012, background): “In principle, the parameters of the model could be identified using data on teachers subject to traditional contracts.”