RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Contributions of School Quality and Teacher Qualifications to Student Performance
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 123
OP 153
DO 10.3368/jhr.46.1.123
VO 46
IS 1
A1 Fang Lai
A1 Elisabeth Sadoulet
A1 Alain de Janvry
YR 2011
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/46/1/123.abstract
AB We use administrative data from the lottery-based open enrollment system in Beijing middle schools to obtain unbiased estimates of school fixed effects on student performance. To do this, we classify children in selection channels, with each channel representing a unique succession of lotteries through which a child was assigned to a school. Results show that school fixed effects are strong determinants of student performance. These fixed effects are shown to be highly correlated with teacher qualifications measured in particular by their official ranks. Teacher qualifications have about the same predictive power for student test scores as do school fixed effects.