We use a field experiment in Tanzania to compare the effectiveness on learning of two teacher performance pay systems …

present results from a randomized evaluation of a teacher incentive program implemented across a large representative sample …

This paper is the first to systematically document the relationship between individual teacher performance incentives … schools, students, and their families with our own survey conducted in 2000 regarding the use of teacher incentives. This … survey on teacher incentives has unique data on frequency and magnitude of merit raises and bonuses, teacher evaluation, and …

In the rural areas of developing countries, teacher absence is a widespread problem. This paper tests whether a simple … incentive program based on teacher presence can reduce teacher absence, and whether it has the potential to lead to more … teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal one-teacher schools in rural India, randomly chosen out of 120 (the …

This paper estimates the effect of the individual incentives teachers face in a teacher-based value-added merit pay … teacher-student linked data, we test this prediction employing a method akin to the bunching estimator of Saez (2010 …

distortions, with teacher reallocations playing a secondary role …

credentials. However, there is a growing interest in whether performance-based incentives based on rigorous teacher evaluations … can improve teacher retention and performance. The evidence available to date has been mixed at best. This study presents … novel evidence on this topic based on IMPACT, the controversial teacher-evaluation system introduced in the District of …