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Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance Pay
- Source :
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Economics of Education Review . Jun 2011 30(3):404-418. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The general-equilibrium effects of performance-related teacher pay include long-term incentive and teacher-sorting mechanisms that usually elude experimental studies but are captured in cross-country comparisons. Combining country-level performance-pay measures with rich PISA-2003 international achievement micro data, this paper estimates student-level international education production functions. The use of teacher salary adjustments for outstanding performance is significantly associated with math, science, and reading achievement across countries. Scores in countries with performance-related pay are about one quarter standard deviations higher. Results avoid bias from within-country selection and are robust to continental fixed effects and to controlling for non-performance-based forms of teacher salary adjustments.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0272-7757
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Economics of Education Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ918730
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.008