Replication data for: Teacher Incentives

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Paul Glewwe; Nauman Ilias; Michael Kremer

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Project Citation:

Glewwe, Paul, Ilias, Nauman, and Kremer, Michael. Replication data for: Teacher Incentives. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113755V1

Project Description

Summary: We analyze a randomized trial of a program that rewarded Kenyan primary school teachers based on student test scores, with penalties for students not taking the exams. Scores increased on the formula used to reward teachers, and program school students scored higher on the exams linked to teacher incentives. Yet most of the gains were focused on the teacher reward formula. The dropout rate was unchanged. Instead, exam participation increased among enrolled students. Test scores increased on exams linked to the incentives, but not on other, unrelated exams. Teacher attendance and homework assignment were unaffected, but test preparation sessions increased. (JEL I21, I28, J13, O15)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: student learning; Education; randomized control trial (RCT)

JEL Classification:
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

Geographic Coverage: Africa, Kenya

Time Period(s): 1996 – 1999

Universe: Primary school students in Busia and Teso districts of Kenya.

Data Type(s): survey data; experimental data

Collection Notes: See the published paper.

Methodology

Data Source: Collected by the authors from 100 schools in Kenya.

Unit(s) of Observation: schools, teachers, students,

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