that teacher mobility is much more strongly related to characteristics of the students, particularly race and achievement …

more closely related to existing policy proposals. In analyses both of teacher mobility and of student performance, teacher … salaries are shown to have a modest impact. Teacher mobility is more affected by characteristics of the students (income, race …Important policy decisions rest on the relationship between teacher salaries and the quality of teachers, but the …

disentangles the separate factors influencing achievement with special attention given to the role of teacher differences and other … effects on achievement differences, these effects appear to derive most importantly from variations in teacher quality. A … lower bound suggests that variations in teacher quality account for at least 7« percent of the total variation in student …

exam score and national exam score. We then define a teacher bias measure at the class level by the difference between boys … teacher bias measure based on multiple classes, and to estimate the effect for later cohorts' performance. We find a very high … correlation of within-teacher gender biases measured in different classes, which reveals high persistency in teachers' gender …

is a man. This gap is not driven by gender differences in job mobility, ability, or a higher demand for male teachers. We …

variation from the teacher assignment process in Greece. We find significant losses to output, as a one-year increase in time …

that gave school districts in Wisconsin full autonomy to redesign teacher pay schemes. I show that, following the reform …, some districts switched to flexible compensation and started paying high-quality teachers more. Teacher quality increased …

of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement and the effect of school …

firms, but this may not hold in teacher labor markets characterized by salary rigidities, barriers to entry, and substantial … is the possibility that teacher turnover adversely affects the quality of instruction in schools serving predominantly …