teachers' pay (defined in monetary terms) is not performance related. If teachers value reputation, and if teaching output is … measured so that it becomes comparable, teachers will increase their effort. The theory is tested using the German PISA-E data …. Our estimates suggest that, despite the flat career profile of German teachers, the quality of teaching tends to be higher …

-based knowledge but do not affect mathematical literacy. Moreover, teachers in German states with central exit examinations are more …

uses the framework of an education production function to provide descriptive analysis of the extent to which different …

We study whether reallocating existing teachers across schools within a district can increase student achievement, and … gains from reallocating teachers within a district. Using an estimated equilibrium model of the teacher labor market, we … find that achieving most of these gains requires directly affecting teachers' preferences over schools. In contrast …

We develop a multi-agent model of the education production function where investments of students, parents, and … teachers are linked to the presence of minorities in the classroom. We then test the key implications of this model using rich …

This paper examines the relationship between teacher unionization, student achievement and teachers’ pay using a cross …

stages of education: basic and advanced (college), the latter being required of teachers. The cost of hiring teachers is …We study the dynamics of the quantity and quality of teachers in the framework of dynamic general equilibrium OLG model …. The quantity and quality are jointly set by a government agency wishing to maximize the quality of basic education per …

Recent studies conclude that teachers are important for student learning but it remains uncertain what actually …

We examine earnings records for 90,000 classroom teachers employed by Florida public schools between the 2001-02 and … 2006-07 school years, roughly 20,000 of whom left teaching during that time. Among grade 4-8 teachers leaving for other … for the same teachers while in the classroom, suggesting that existing compensation systems do not account for the higher …

-level international education production functions. The use of teacher salary adjustments for outstanding performance is significantly …