Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2020:2: Teacher career opportunities and school quality
Erik Grönqvist (), Lena Hensvik () and Anna Thoresson ()
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Erik Grönqvist: Uppsala University, Postal: Uppsala University
Lena Hensvik: Uppsala University, Postal: Uppsala University
Anna Thoresson: IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, Postal: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy, P O Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract: We study the effects of introducing a performance-based promotion program for teachers in Sweden. The program intended to make the teaching profession more attractive by raising wages for skilled teachers and taking advantage of teachers' professional competence. Our results show that: (i) high-wage, high ability teachers are more likely to be promoted; (ii) the stipulated wage increase has full pass-through onto wages for promoted teachers; (iii) schools with promotions have lower teacher separations and an improved pool of teachers; (iv)the promotion program improved student performance. These results suggest that performance-based promotions could be an important tool for raising school quality.
Keywords: Career opportunities; Teacher labor market; Student performance
76 pages, February 13, 2020
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