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Effects of individual incentive reforms in the public sector : the case of teachers

Martins, Pedro S.; Ferreira, João R. - 2024

We evaluate a political reform in Portugal that introduced individual teacher performancerelated pay and tournaments in public schools. We find that the focus on individual performance decreased student achievement, as measured in national exams, and increased grade inflation. The results follow...

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What drives social returns to education? : a meta-analysis

Cui, Ying; Martins, Pedro S. - 2020

Education can generate important externalities that contribute towards economic growth and convergence. In this paper …, we study the drivers of such externalities by conducting the first meta- analysis of the social returns to education …

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Does vocational education pay off in China? : instrumental-variable quantile-regression evidence

Dai, Li; Martins, Pedro S. - 2020

As China's firms upgrade their position in the quality ladder, vocational education may become more important. In this … paper, we study returns to secondary vocational education in China paying attention to individual heterogeneity. We use … of education. We find that vocational education provides a wage premium vis-à-vis academic education of over 30% but …

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The wage effects of polytechnic degrees : evidence from the 1999 China higher education expansion

Dai, Li; Martins, Pedro S. - 2024

While the wage effects of vocational versus academic secondary education are well documented, there is little evidence … wage effect in China, drawing on an unprecedented higher education expansion initially focused on universities and only …

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The wage effects of employers' associations : a case study of the private schools sector

Martins, Pedro S. - 2022

Does employers' association (EA) membership affect the wages paid by firms? Such effects could follow from several channels, including increased productivity, different management practices, or employer collusion promoted by EA affiliation. We test these hypotheses drawing on detailed matched...

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