Replication data for: How Do Teachers Improve? The Relative Importance of Specific and General Human Capital

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ben Ost

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Project Citation: 

Ost, Ben. Replication data for: How Do Teachers Improve? The Relative Importance of Specific and General Human Capital. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113884V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary One of the most consistent findings in the literature on teacher quality is that teachers improve with experience, especially in the first several years. This study extends this research by separately identifying the benefits of general teaching experience and specific curriculum familiarity. I find that both specific and general human capital contribute to teacher improvement and that recent specific experience is more valuable than distant specific experience. This paper also contributes to a broader literature on human capital acquisition, as it is among the first to examine human capital specificity using a direct measure of productivity.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms regression
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J45 Public Sector Labor Markets
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage North Carolina
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1997 – 1/1/2012
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; observational data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source NCERDC
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation student,

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