Question

Which of the following economic phenomena will tend to encourage teachers to shirk?

Question 3 options:

	1) Assigning difficult students to low performing teachers.
	2) Tenure policies that make it difficult to fire teachers for cause.
	3) Paying teachers based on their years of experience and level of education.
	4) Teachers get utility directly from helping students.
	5) Social pressure from other teachers, parents and principals.
	6) Non-pecuniary rewards and/or punishments from the principal.

Answer 1

Shirking means avoiding or neglecting duty or responsibility . It happens when there is lack of vigilance and lack of incentive to work hard .

2) Tenure policies that make it difficult to fire teachers for cause. ( If it is critical to fire teachers , they will have incentive to shirk )

3) Paying teachers based on their years of experience and level of education.( payment should be done based on performance and not years of experience )