Abstract
This paper describes the econometric modelling of the labour market for teachers in an ‘administered’ market setting in which the government paritally controls the main determinants of demand and, in addition, is very influential in setting teachers' wages. The paper reviews the econometric work which has been undertaken on the market for teachers in the UK and shows how the market forces have a crucial role to play. The economic policy implications for the government of the empirical econometric work are discussed.