write a summary for this literature review, Pay is a basic element of occupational status, and teachers receive lower than occupations that demand comparable training. Workers who switch from non-teaching jobs to teaching jobs increase their wages on average, while workers who switch in the other direction see their wages decrease. The totality of the evidence suggests that public-school teachers are not underpaid in wages by private sector standards, as they may even be overpaid (Richwine & Big