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View ORCID ProfileJuan Esteban Saavedra, View ORCID ProfileDario Maldonado, View ORCID ProfileLucrecia Santibañez and View ORCID ProfileLuis Omar Herrera-Prada
Journal of Human Resources, March 2025, 60 (2) 538-577; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0620-10971R1
Juan Esteban Saavedra
Juan Esteban Saavedra is a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research .
Dario Maldonado
Dario Maldonado is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota .
Lucrecia Santibañez
Lucrecia Santibañez is a Professor of Education at UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies .
Luis Omar Herrera-Prada
Luis Omar Herrera Prada is a Senior Research Analyst at the International Monetary Fund and a member of the Ibero-Amerika Institut at the University of Göttingen .

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Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 60, Issue 2
1 Mar 2025
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Juan Esteban Saavedra, Dario Maldonado, Lucrecia Santibañez, Luis Omar Herrera-Prada
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2025, 60 (2) 538-577; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0620-10971R1
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- I. Introduction
- II. Public Teacher Hiring in Colombia
- III. Data and Methods
- IV. Validation of the Regression Discontinuity Research Design
- V. Results: Public Teacher Applicants at the Margin
- VI. Earnings Premium for Inframarginal High-Scoring Applicants
- VII. Conclusions
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