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Pension-Induced Rigidities in the Labor Market for School Leaders
Koedel, Cory; Grissom, Jason A.; Ni, Shawn X.; … - 2021
market for school leaders. We show that pension borders greatly affect leadership flows across schools – for two groups of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315961
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Do More Effective Teachers Earn More Outside of the Classroom?
Chingos, Matthew M. - 2010
2006–07 school years, roughly 20,000 of whom left teaching during that time. Among grade 4–8 teachers leaving for other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145393
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The Effect of School Starting Age on Special Needs Incidence and Child Development into Adolescence
Balestra, Simone - 2018
Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore … child development as a mechanism driving this effect. We study the causal effect of school starting age on a child …'s probability of developing special educational needs in early grades. We find that starting school at a relatively older age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926555
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The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption: Evidence from a "Xeroxed" Exam
Borcan, Oana; Lindahl, Mikael; Mitrut, Andreea - CESifo - 2012
This paper aims to understand how corruption responds to an income loss. We exploit an unexpected 25% wage cut incurred …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598916
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Music in the Air: Estimating the Social Return to Cultural Amenities
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan; … - CESifo - 2015
If being around smart people makes us smarter and more productive, what can regions do to attract smart people? This paper considers endogenous cultural amenities as a location factor for high-skilled workers. To overcome selection in the provision of cultural amenities, we exploit the variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155376
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Pension-Induced Rigidities in the Labor Market for School Leaders
Koedel, Cory; Grissom, Jason A.; Ni, Shawn; Podgursky, … - CESifo - 2011
market for school leaders. We show that pension borders greatly affect leadership flows across schools – for two groups of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320366
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Music in the Air : Estimating the Social Return to Cultural Amenities
Falck, Oliver - 2020
If being around smart people makes us smarter and more productive, what can regions do to attract smart people? This paper considers endogenous cultural amenities as a location factor for high-skilled workers. To overcome selection in the provision of cultural amenities, we exploit the variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012856352
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The Potential Output Gains from Using Optimal Teacher Incentives : An Illustrative Calibration of a Hidden Action Model
Mehta, Nirav - 2018
This paper examines the potential output gains from the implementation of optimal teacher incentive pay schemes, by calibrating the Hölmstrom and Milgrom (1987) hidden action model using data from Muralidharan and Sundararaman (2011), a teacher incentive pay experiment implemented in Andhra...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932915
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The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption : Evidence from a 'Xeroxed' Exam
Borcan, Oana - 2013
This paper aims to understand how corruption responds to an income loss. We exploit an unexpected 25% wage cut incurred …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089162
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The Effects of School Integration : Evidence from a Randomized Desegregation Program
Bergman, Peter - 2016
school districts, which serve higher-income, predominantly-white families, accept a group of minority elementary school … students who apply to transfer from a nearby, predominantly-minority school district. Slots are allocated via lottery. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979105