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Teacher Quality and Incentives: Theoretical and Empirical Effects of Standards on Teacher Quality Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Hendrik Jürges
Wolfram F. Richter
Kerstin Schneider
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Applying the theory of yardstick competition to the schooling system, we show that it is optimal to have central tests of student achievement and to engage in benchmarking, because it raises the quality of teaching. This is true even if 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. Use is made of the fact that central exams exist in some federal states of Germany but not in all. The empirical evidence suggests that central exams have a positive effect on the quality of teaching.
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Article provided by Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen in its journal FinanzArchiv .
Volume (Year): 61 (2005)
Issue (Month): 3 (November)
Pages: 298-
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Paper Hendrik Jürges & Wolfram Richter & Kerstin Schneider, 2004.
"Teacher Quality and Incentives: Theoretical and Empirical Effects of Standards on Teacher Quality ,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich.
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"Teacher quality and incentives - Theoretical and empirical effects of standards on teacher quality ,"
MEA discussion paper series
05091, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim.
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"Teacher quality and incentives - Theoretical and empirical effects of standards on teacher quality ,"
MEA discussion paper series
05091, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim.
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