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  1. Selecting or rewarding tachers?
    international evidence from primary schools
    Author: Braga, Michela; Checchi, Daniele; Garrouste, Christelle; Scervini, Francesco
    Published: March 2019
    Publisher:  IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany

    Using data from three waves of PIRLS, this paper examines the effect of teacher quality on fourth-grade students' literacy test scores by exploiting variations induced by reforms in teachers' selection and/or reward schemes. We construct an original... more

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    Using data from three waves of PIRLS, this paper examines the effect of teacher quality on fourth-grade students' literacy test scores by exploiting variations induced by reforms in teachers' selection and/or reward schemes. We construct an original data set of relevant reforms taking place at the national level over the last century and affecting the working conditions of primary school teachers, matching them by the year they entered the profession. After showing that teacher experience/age and qualification are significantly correlated with student competencies, we study the correlation between teacher working conditions (including recruitment, pay and retirement policies) and pupil achievement. Our identifying assumption is that the impact of reforms dissipates with the distance between the reform's introduction and entry into the profession. The results point to a more selective recruitment process and, to a lesser extent, more generous reward policies as effective ways to enhance student performance.

     
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    Language: English
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    Format: Online
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    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 12200
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  2. Evaluating students' evaluations of professors
    Author: Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    This paper contrasts measures of teacher effectiveness with the students' evaluations for the same teachers using administrative data from Bocconi University (Italy). The effectiveness measures are estimated by comparing the subsequent performance in... more

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    This paper contrasts measures of teacher effectiveness with the students' evaluations for the same teachers using administrative data from Bocconi University (Italy). The effectiveness measures are estimated by comparing the subsequent performance in follow-on coursework of students who are randomly assigned to teachers in each of their compulsory courses. We find that, even in a setting where the syllabuses are fixed and all teachers in the same course present exactly the same material, teachers still matter substantially. The average difference in subsequent performance between students who were assigned to the best and worst teacher (on the effectiveness scale) is approximately 43% of a standard deviation in the distribution of exam grades, corresponding to about 5.6% of the average grade. Additionally, we find that our measure of teacher effectiveness is negatively correlated with the students' evaluations: in other words, teachers who are associated with better subsequent performance receive worst evaluations from their students. We rationalize these results with a simple model where teachers can either engage in real teaching or in teaching-to-the-test, the former requiring higher students' effort than the latter. Teaching-to-the-test guarantees high grades in the current course but does not improve future outcomes. Hence, if students are myopic and evaluate better teachers from which they derive higher utility in a static framework, the model is capable of predicting our empirical finding that good teachers receive bad evaluations, especially when teaching-to-the-test is very effective (for example, with multiple choice tests). Consistently with the predictions of the model, we also find that classes in which high skill students are over-represented produce evaluations that are less at odds with estimated teacher effectiveness. -- teacher quality ; postsecondary education

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 5620
    Subjects: Hochschullehrer; Arbeitsleistung; Bewertung; Studierende; Verhaltensökonomik; Bildungsniveau; Italien
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 53 S., 716,13 KB), graph. Darst.
  3. Institutional reforms and educational attainment in Europe
    a long run perspective
    Author: Braga, Michela; Checchi, Daniele; Meschi, Elena
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    In this paper we analyse the effects of changes in the institutional design of the educational system on school attainment. In particular, we test whether alternative reforms have increased the average educational attainment of the population and... more

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    In this paper we analyse the effects of changes in the institutional design of the educational system on school attainment. In particular, we test whether alternative reforms have increased the average educational attainment of the population and whether various deciles of the education distribution have been differentially affected. We constructed a dataset of relevant reforms occurred at the national level over the last century, and match individual information to the most likely set-up faced when individual educational choices were undertaken. Thus our identification strategy relies on temporal and geographical variations in the institutional arrangements, controlling for time/country fixed effects, as well as for confounding factors. We also explore who are the individual most likely affected by the reforms. We also group different reforms in order to ascertain the prevailing attitudes of policy makers, showing that reforms can belong to either "inclusive" or "selective" in their nature. Finally we correlate these attitudes to political coalitions prevailing in parliament, finding support to the idea that left wing parties support reforms that are inclusive in nature, while right wing parties prefer selective ones. -- education ; institutions ; reform ; family background

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 6190
    Subjects: Bildungsreform; Institutioneller Wandel; Bildungsverhalten; Bildungsniveau; Europa
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 66 S., 615,47 KB), graph. Darst.
  4. Evaluating students’ evaluations of professors
    Author: Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Banca d'Italia, Roma

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    Series: Temi di discussione / Banca d'Italia ; 825
    Subjects: Hochschullehrer; Arbeitsleistung; Bewertung; Studierende; Verhaltensökonomik; Bildungsniveau; Italien
    Scope: 56 S., graph. Darst.
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  5. The academic and labor market returns of university professors
    Author: Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    This paper estimates the impact of college teaching on students' academic achievement and labor market outcomes using administrative data from Bocconi University (Italy) matched with Italian tax records. The estimation exploits the random allocation... more

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    This paper estimates the impact of college teaching on students' academic achievement and labor market outcomes using administrative data from Bocconi University (Italy) matched with Italian tax records. The estimation exploits the random allocation of students to teachers in a fixed sequence of compulsory courses. We find that good teaching matters more for the labor market than for academic performance. Moreover, the professors who are best at improving the academic achievement of their best students are also the ones who boost their earnings the most. On the contrary, for low ability students the academic and labor market returns of teachers are largely uncorrelated. We also find that professors who are good at teaching high ability students are often not the best teachers for the least able ones. These findings can be rationalized in a model where teaching is a multi-dimensional activity with each dimension having differential returns on the students' academic outcomes and labor market success.

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 7902
    Subjects: Hochschullehrer; Hochschullehre; Wirkungsanalyse; Studierende; Bildungsertrag; Einkommen; Erwerbsverlauf; Schätzung; Italien
    Scope: Online-Ressource (41 S.), graph. Darst.
  6. The academic and labor market returns of university professors
    Author: Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; 10283
    Subjects: Hochschullehrer; Hochschullehre; Wirkungsanalyse; Studierende; Bildungsertrag; Einkommen; Erwerbsverlauf; Schätzung; Italien
    Scope: 42 S., graph. Darst.
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  7. Evaluating students’ evaluations of professors
    Author: Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele
    Published: 2011

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    Edition: First Version: September 2010; Current Version: April 2011
    Series: Working paper series / IGIER ; 384
    Scope: Online-Ressource (53 S.), graph. Darst.
  8. The academic and labor market returns of university professors
    Author: Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele
    Published: October [2014]
    Publisher:  Banca d'Italia, [Rom]

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    Series: Temi di discussione / Banca d'Italia ; 981
    Subjects: Hochschullehrer; Hochschullehre; Wirkungsanalyse; Studierende; Bildungsertrag; Einkommen; Erwerbsverlauf; Schätzung; Italien
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  9. Fear of the dark
    how terrorist events affect trust in the long run
    Author: Borghi, Elisa; Braga, Michela; Scervini, Francesco
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Università Bocconi, Milano, Italy

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    Series: Working paper series / Bocconi ; n. 149 (December 2020)
    Subjects: Social capital; Trust; Terrorism; Value formation
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 37 Seiten), Illustrationen
  10. Being an homeless
    evidence from Italy
    Author: Braga, Michela; Corno, Lucia
    Published: settembre 2009
    Publisher:  Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, Milano

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    Series: Working paper / Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche ; n. 2009, 17
    Subjects: Obdachlosigkeit; Soziale Lage; Armutsbekämpfung; Mailand
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 33 Seiten), Illustrationen
  11. Cooperation and leadership in a segregated community
    evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in a South African township
    Author: Grieco, Daniela; Braga, Michela; Bripi, Francesco
    Published: June 2016
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    The paper presents the results of a lab-in-the-field experiment in three South African townships located in the suburbs of Cape Town. The experimental design consists of a set of decisions on how the members of a naturally occurring group allocate an... more

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    The paper presents the results of a lab-in-the-field experiment in three South African townships located in the suburbs of Cape Town. The experimental design consists of a set of decisions on how the members of a naturally occurring group allocate an endowment to a private or to a public account. In our treatments, we first manipulate the degree of participation of group members in the choice of the public good, from involvement of the group leader only, to collective discussion and to private voting. Additionally, we explore the effectiveness of monetary incentives (collective versus individual) set in order to promote participation. The results show that leader guidance and participatory incentives significantly raise cooperation and hold after controlling for a wide set of individual and group characteristics.

     
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    ISBN: 9789292561192
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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2016/76
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 43 Seiten), Illustrationen