We investigate the effects of a large-scale Norwegian reform that provided extra teachers to 166 lower secondary …

Using the OECD-studies PIAAC and ALL, this paper shows that teachers on average have better literacy and numeracy … skills than other respondents in almost all of the 15 countries in the samples. In most countries, teachers outperform others …. These results imply that the scope to improve teachers' skills varies between countries and that policy makers should take …

We study the dynamics of the quantity and quality of teachers in the framework of dynamic general equilibrium OLG model … student while being bound by teachers’ collective bargaining agreement which equalizes teacher pay. Our model features two … stages of education: basic and advanced (college), the latter being required of teachers. The cost of hiring teachers is …