In 2013, the Chicago Board of Education closed 47 elementary schools, directly affecting 13,000 students and 900 teachers. The closures created employment uncertainty for closed-school teachers, and this article investigates the labor market consequences for teachers. We employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares the exit rates of closed-school teachers with teachers in schools that only experienced threat of closure. We estimate that the closures resulted in a near doubling of teacher exit among teachers in closed schools, particularly among low-performing teachers. We also find that, among closed-school teachers, Black teachers were more likely to return than White teachers. Given the nationwide trend of school closures for budgetary or performance reasons, this article has implications for strategic retention of effective teachers.

2013年，芝加哥教育委员会关闭了47所小学，直接影响了13,000名学生和900名教师。停课给封闭学校教师带来了就业不确定性，本文研究了劳动力市场对教师的影响。我们采用差异差异的方法，比较了封闭式学校的老师和只经历封闭威胁的学校的老师的离校率。我们估计，停课导致封闭学校的教师，特别是表现不佳的教师中，教师退出人数几乎增加了一倍。我们还发现，在封闭式学校的教师中，黑人教师比白人教师更有可能返回。鉴于出于预算或绩效方面的原因，全国范围内的学校停课趋势，