Teacher Performance Pay and Student Learning
Evidence from a Nationwide Program in Peru
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4361540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cristina Bellés-Obrero, Cristina Bellés‐Obrero (0000-0002-0629-5546, University of Mannheim), María Lombardi (0000-0001-5792-5889), María Cristina Lombardi (0000-0002-0375-9392, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1631-1669 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/714012 |
| OpenAlex | W3144217686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 52 |
We study the impact of a nationwide teacher pay-for-performance program in Peru. Public secondary schools compete in a tournament based on eighth graders’ performance in a standardized test. The principal and teachers of winning schools receive a substantial bonus. We perform a difference-in-differences estimation comparing the internal grades of eighth and ninth graders of the same school, before and after the program. We find a precisely estimated zero effect on student achievement, which could be a consequence of teachers’ uncertainty about how to improve their students’ performance in the standardized test tied to the bonus
Academic achievement · Achievement test · Mathematics education · Medical education · Ninth · Principal (computer security) · Standardized test · Student achievement · Test (biology) · Tournament · Computer Science · Innovations in Educational Methods · Mathematics · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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Incentive Strength and Teacher Productivity
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Socioeconomic status or noise? Tradeoffs in the generation of school quality information
Teacher Performance Pay
Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts
Evaluating the Effect of Teachers’ Group Performance Incentives on Pupil Achievement
Peer Pressure and Partnerships
Aligning Learning Incentives of Students and Teachers
The Impact of Diagnostic Feedback to Teachers on Student Learning
How Teacher Turnover Harms Student Achievement
Negotiating Education Reform
Missing in Action
Tournament Incentives for Teachers
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |