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Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase on Student Performance in Indonesia
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Date&time:
July 21, 2015. (Tuesday) 10：30-12：00
Venue:
Theme:
Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase on Student Performance in Indonesia
Abstract
How
does
a
large
unconditional
increase
in
salary
affect
employee
performance
in
the
public
sector?
We
present
the
first
experimental
evidence
on
this
question
to
date
in
the
context
of
a
unique
policy
change
in
Indonesia
that
led
to
a
permanent
doubling
of
base
teacher
salaries.
Using
a
large-scale
randomized
experiment
across
a
representative
sample
of
Indonesian
schools
that
affected
more
than
3,000
teachers
and
80,000
students,
we
find
that
the
doubling
of
pay
significantly
improved
teacher
satisfaction
with
their
income,
reduced
the
incidence
of
teachers
holding
outside
jobs
(and
the
hours
worked
on
them),
and
reduced
self-reported
financial
stress.
Nevertheless,
after
two
and
three
years,
the
doubling
in
pay
led
to
no
improvements
in
measures
of
teacher
effort
or
student
learning
outcomes,
suggesting
that
the
salary
increase
was
mostly
a
transfer
to
teachers
with
no
discernible
impact
on
student
outcomes.
While
higher
salaries
may
increase
teacher
quality
on
the
extensive
margin
in
the
long-run,
we
find
no
evidence
of
meaningful
positive
impacts
of
teacher
salary
increases
on
student
learning
from
intensive
margin
increases
in
teacher
effectiveness
as
predicted
by
gift-exchange,
and
efficiency
wage
models
of
employee
behavior.
Speaker：
Menno Pradhan (Professor, University of Amsterdam)
Chair:
Languages:
English
KIM, Jiyoung E-mail：Jiyoung_Kim
LEI, Lei E-mail：Lei_Lei
OSADA, Noriyuki E-mail：Noriyuki_Osada