Measuring Returns to Experience Using Supervisor Ratings of Observed Performance. The Case of Classroom Teachers.

Autor/inn/en	Bell, Courtney A.; James, Jessalynn K.; Taylor, Eric S.; Wyckoff, James Humphrey
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Measuring Returns to Experience Using Supervisor Ratings of Observed Performance. The Case of Classroom Teachers.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research (2023) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w30888
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w30888
Schlagwörter	Schule; Lehrer; Experiment; Region; Humankapital; Arbeitspapier; Tennessee; USA; Washington, D.C.
Abstract	We study the returns to experience in teaching, estimated using supervisor ratings from classroom observations. We describe the assumptions required to interpret changes in observation ratings over time as the causal effect of experience on performance. We compare two difference-in-differences strategies: the two-way fixed effects estimator common in the literature, and an alternative which avoids potential bias arising from effect heterogeneity. Using data from Tennessee and Washington, DC, we show empirical tests relevant to assessing the identifying assumptions and substantive threats--e.g., leniency bias, manipulation, changes in incentives or job assignments--and find our estimates are robust to several threats.
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Update	2024/1