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How do Principals Assign Students to Teachers? Finding Evidence in Administrative Data and the Implications for Value-added
Dieterle, Steven G.; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The federal government's Race to the Top competition has promoted the adoption of test-based performance measures as a component of teacher evaluations throughout many states, but the validity of these measures has been controversial among researchers and widely contested by teachers' unions. A...
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Assessing Teacher Quality in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Kingdon, Geeta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using administrative data from linked private schools from one of districts in India that matches 8,319 pupils to their …
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Personality, IQ, and Lifetime Earnings
Gensowski, Miriam - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Talented individuals are seen as drivers of long-term growth, but how do they realize their full potential? In this paper, I show that even in a group of high-IQ men and women, lifetime earnings are substantially influenced by their education and personality traits. I identify a previously...
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Math and Gender: Is Math a Route to a High-Powered Career?
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a large gender gap in advanced math coursework in high school that many believe exists because girls are … discouraged from taking math courses. In this paper, we exploit an institutional change that reduced the costs of acquiring … advanced high school math to determine if access is, in fact, the mechanism – in particular for girls at the top of the math …
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Is there a Causal Effect of High School Math on Labor Market Outcomes?
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Outsourcing of jobs to low-wage countries has increased the focus on the accumulation of skills – such as Math skills … high school Math on labor market outcomes. The pilot scheme reduced the costs of choosing advanced Math because it allowed … for at more flexible combination of Math with other courses. We find clear evidence of a causal relationship between Math …
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The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions: Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools
Cortes, Kalena E.; Bricker, Jesse; Rohlfs, Chris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
having a class in first period on test scores in that subject and in related subjects, particularly for math classes. …
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A Comparison of Growth Percentile and Value-Added Models of Teacher Performance
Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; Stacy, Brian; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
School districts and state departments of education frequently must choose between a variety of methods to estimating teacher quality. This paper examines under what circumstances the decision between estimators of teacher quality is important. We examine estimates derived from growth percentile...
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The Academic and Labor Market Returns of University Professors
Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper estimates the impact of college teaching on students' academic achievement and labor market outcomes using administrative data from Bocconi University (Italy) matched with Italian tax records. The estimation exploits the random allocation of students to teachers in a fixed sequence of...
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Evaluating Specification Tests in the Context of Value-Added Estimation
Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; Stacy, Brian; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the properties of two specification tests that have been applied to a variety of estimators in the context of value-added measures (VAMs) of teacher and school quality: the Hausman test for choosing between random and fixed effects and a test for feedback (sometimes called a...
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Evaluating Students' Evaluations of Professors
Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper contrasts measures of teacher effectiveness with the students' evaluations for the same teachers using administrative data from Bocconi University (Italy). The effectiveness measures are estimated by comparing the subsequent performance in follow-on coursework of students who are...
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