Africa’s Skill Tragedy: Does Teachers’ Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?

Jan Bietenbeck is assistant professor of economics at Lund University and Research Affiliate at IZA. Marc Piopiunik is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and affiliated with CESifo. His email address is . Simon Wiederhold is Professor for Macroeconomics at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is also affiliated with the ifo Institute and with CESifo.

Jan Bietenbeck is assistant professor of economics at Lund University and Research Affiliate at IZA. Marc Piopiunik is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and affiliated with CESifo. His email address is . Simon Wiederhold is Professor for Macroeconomics at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is also affiliated with the ifo Institute and with CESifo.

Jan Bietenbeck is assistant professor of economics at Lund University and Research Affiliate at IZA. Marc Piopiunik is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and affiliated with CESifo. His email address is . Simon Wiederhold is Professor for Macroeconomics at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is also affiliated with the ifo Institute and with CESifo.