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Let’s Stay Together: the Effects of Repeated Student-Teacher Matches on Academic Achievement

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  • Facundo Albornoz

    (University of Nottingham/CEPR)

  • David Contreras

    (University of Nottingham)

  • Richard Upward

    (University of Nottingham)

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We explore the effectiveness of repeating the student-teacher match on test scores, for the universe of 8th graders in Chile using information on all student-teacher matches across multiple subjects and years, and a national, anonymous measure of test scores. We exploit a plausibly exogenous source of variation in the process of repeating matches generated by a discontinuity in teacher retention at the legal retirement age. Repeating matches has a robust positive effect on test scores which aggregates up to the student, class, and schoollevel. As channels, we report a positive effect on attendance, progression, student behaviour and teacher expectations.

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  • Facundo Albornoz & David Contreras & Richard Upward, 2022. "Let’s Stay Together: the Effects of Repeated Student-Teacher Matches on Academic Achievement," Working Papers 198, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE).
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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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