Article
Teacher Pay Reform and Productivity Panel Data Evidence from Adoptions of Q-Comp in Minnesota
The Journal of Human Resources
(2014)
Abstract
This paper studies the impacts of teacher pay-for-performance (P4P) reforms adopted with complementary human resource management (HRM) practices on student achievement and workforce flows. Since 2005, dozens of Minnesota school districts in cooperation with teachers’ unions implemented P4P as part of the state’s Quality Compensation program. Exploiting district variation in participation status and timing, we find evidence that P4P-centered HRM reform raises students’ achievement by 0.03 standard deviations. Falsification tests suggest that gains are causal. They appear to be driven especially by productivity increases among less-experienced teachers.
Keywords
- Merit pay
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall September 1, 2014
DOI
10.3368/jhr.49.4.945
Citation Information
Aaron Sojourner, Elton Mykerezi and Kristine L West. "Teacher Pay Reform and Productivity Panel Data Evidence from Adoptions of Q-Comp in Minnesota" The Journal of Human Resources Vol. 49 Iss. 4 (2014) p. 945 - 981 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kristine-west/4/