TY - JOUR T1 - The Impacts of Performance Pay on Teacher Effectiveness and Retention JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 349 LP - 385 DO - 10.3368/jhr.55.2.0216.7719R3 VL - 55 IS - 1 AU - Andrew J. Hill AU - Daniel B. Jones Y1 - 2020/01/01 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/55/1/349.abstract N2 - Teacher performance pay is increasingly common in the United States. We assess the “incentive effects” of performance pay—the change in behavior of teachers present before and after a reform—with a focus on whether male and female teachers respond differently. Evaluating three performance pay programs in North Carolina, we find clear evidence of a gender difference: while male teachers’ value-added remains flat before and after the introduction of performance pay the value-added of female teachers declines. We also document suggestive evidence of a gender difference in retention with men more likely to remain in schools with performance pay. ER -