Selecting or rewarding teachers? International evidence from primary schools

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Public Sector Jobs: Working in the Public Sector in Europe and the Us

“…We speculate that intrinsic motivation and pro-social attitudes can be evaluated through long probation periods (like the tenure system) and through mentoring by senior colleagues. There is some evidence on the effectiveness of this type of selection among teachers, where the attractiveness of the profession is affected not only by monetary rewards but also by the social prestige granted by the public opinion (Braga et al 2020). Still, little is known about how to recruit workers on prosocial attitudes and we view this as a promising area for future research.…”

The Effects of Schooling on Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Education Expansions

“…This result is in line with our exclusion restriction that the e ect of reforms on cognitive skills operates through the impact on years of schooling, since the assumption implies no reform impacts on cognitive 20 It may be surprising that increasing teacher qualification requirements obtain a negative sign. However, reforming educational requirements to access the teaching profession is often associated with changes in the reward policies, including teaching load, working hours, and retirement conditions, which exert di erent impacts on the quality of teaching (as shown for primary school teachers in Braga et al, 2020). It is therefore possible that the present reform variable captures only some of these dimensions.…”