Do higher salaries yield better teachers and better student outcomes?
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) José María Cabrera, Universidad de Montevideo; Dinand Webbink, Erasmus School of Economics
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Project Citation:
Cabrera, José María, and Webbink, Dinand. Do higher salaries yield better teachers and better student outcomes? Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-02-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E108623V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We study the effects of a
policy aimed at attracting more experienced and better qualified teachers in
primary schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Uruguay. Teachers in these
schools could earn higher salaries, and more experienced teachers are given
priority in choosing teaching positions. Eligibility for the program was based
on a poverty index with a cutoff rule.
Estimates from regression discontinuity models show
that the policy successfully led to ‘hiring experience from other schools’, and
also increased tenure. Overall, the effect on student outcomes was small. We
rationalize this result by showing that the program may have increased
experience in ways that are not strongly associated with improved student
outcomes. Consistent with this, we do find achievement gains for students in
schools that saw a reduction in the share of very inexperienced teachers. The
results underscore that increases in teacher pay may only improve student
outcomes if it increases those teacher characteristics that actually improve
student outcomes.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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teacher salaries;
teacher experience;
student performance;
disadvantaged students
Geographic Coverage:
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Uruguay
Time Period(s):
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2005 – 2013
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