1. Teacher Performance Pay : Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
- Author
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe and Raju, Dhushyanth
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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ,CLASSROOM RATIO ,EDUCATION SECTOR ,PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL ,LEVEL OF SKILL ,OFFICIAL CURRICULUM ,EXAMS ,CHILDREN ,EDUCATION SYSTEMS ,TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS ,SCHOOL SYSTEMS ,TEACHER SALARIES ,CLASSROOM ,SCHOOL HEAD ,RURAL SCHOOLS ,EMPLOYMENT ,TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ,EXAM ,SCHOOL AGE ,HEAD TEACHERS ,VALUES ,Education and Research [T22] ,EDUCATION GOALS ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ,ANNUAL SCHOOL CENSUS ,SCHOOL CENSUS ,EDUCATORS ,EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS ,NUMBER OF TEACHERS ,CURRICULUM ,GROUPS ,STUDENT SCORES ,GIRLS ,LEARNING OBJECTIVES ,INTERVENTIONS ,EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ,ENROLLMENT FIGURES ,TEACHERS ,STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO ,PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS ,NET ENROLLMENT RATE ,SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ,PRIMARY EDUCATION ,education ,STUDENTS ,GRADE EXAM ,EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS ,SCHOOL NUTRITION ,ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ,NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,PASS RATE ,TEACHER ,SCHOOL LOCATION ,RURAL AREAS ,Pakistan [L16] ,STUDENTS PER TEACHER ,URBAN SCHOOLS ,GRADUATE ,TEACHER PERFORMANCE ,ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ,HEAD TEACHER ,CLASSROOMS ,EARLY CHILDHOOD ,SMALL SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL TEACHER ,PROVINCIAL EDUCATION ,EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ,SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL YEAR ,PUBLIC SCHOOL ,HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ,EXAM SCORE ,RESEARCH ,EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ,EDUCATION MANAGEMENT ,EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS ,HIGH SCHOOL ,TEACHER COMPETENCY ,SCHOOL VISITS ,ENROLLMENT DATA ,EDUCATION OUTCOMES ,OPEN ACCESS ,HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ,PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ,SCHOOL EDUCATION ,PAPERS ,EXAM QUESTIONS ,PRIMARY LEVEL ,SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,DISTRICT EDUCATION ,SCHOOL STUDENTS ,SCHOOL INDICATORS ,STUDENT ,TEACHER RATIO ,TEACHER WORKFORCE ,PARTICIPATION RATES ,HIGH SCHOOLS ,FUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL TEACHERS ,SKILLS ,SCHOOL QUALITY ,NUTRITION ,RESEARCHERS ,NET ENROLLMENT ,SECONDARY SCHOOL ,HIGHER GRADES ,ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ,SCHOOL PARTICIPATION ,ENROLLMENT RATE ,TRAINING ,READERS ,PARTICIPATION ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,PRIVATE SCHOOL ,TEACHING ,EDUCATION REFORM ,LEARNING ,SCHOOL LEVEL ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,TEACHER SHORTAGES ,STUDENT LEARNING ,SCHOOL SYSTEM ,PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ,ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ,PRIVATE SCHOOLS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,UNIVERSITIES ,ENROLLMENT ,EFFECTIVE TEACHING ,ENROLLMENT BY GRADE ,SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ,EDUCATION FOR ALL ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,FIRST GRADE ,STUDENT TEACHER RATIO ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ,SCHOOL ,COEDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS ,CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ,UNIVERSITY ,LEADERSHIP ,SCHOOL LEADERS ,SCHOOL MANAGEMENT - Abstract
This paper presents evidence from the first three years of a randomized controlled trial of a government-administered pilot teacher performance pay program in Punjab, Pakistan. The program offers yearly cash bonuses to teachers in a sample of public primary schools with the lowest mean student exam scores in the province. Bonuses are linked to three school-level indicators: the gain in student exam scores, the gain in school enrollment, and the level of student exam participation. Bonus receipt and size are also randomly assigned across schools according to whether or not the teacher is the school’s head. On average, the program increases school enrollment by 4.1 percent and student exam participation rates by 3.4 percentage points, both in the third year. The analysis does not find that the program increases student exam scores in any year. Mean impacts are similar across program variants. The positive mean impact on school enrollment is mainly seen in urban schools and the positive mean impact on student exam participation rates is only seen in rural schools.
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- 2015