Li, Yanrong, “Minguo shiqi shanghai jiaoshi de xingshui jiqi shenghuo zhuangkuang” [Teacher's salaries and living conditions in Shanghai during the republican era] (2003)

Title : “Minguo shiqi shanghai jiaoshi de xingshui jiqi shenghuo zhuangkuang” [Teacher's salaries and living conditions in Shanghai during the republican era]

Author(s) : Li, Yanrong

Year : 2003

Type : Journal article

Subject : History

Keywords : social;education

Journal : Minguo dang'an (Republican Archives)

Number : 1

Start page : 63

End page : 66

Language:Name : Chinese

Support : Print

Abstract : Looks at how schools in China faced financial hard times that forced closings and teachers into unemployment after the Revolution of 1911. Soon thereafter, the government stipulated how much teachers and administrators were to be paid, and schools increasingly reopened. in Shanghai, salaries improved, especially as the city grew into a large, wealthy metropolis, and even after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. These salary increases improved faculty retention. University professors enjoyed the highest salaries while elementary and middle school teachers received the lowest. Nevertheless, faculty retention remained high in Shanghai, where there was much more stability than in other areas as a result of regularly paid salaries.