RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Impacts of Performance Pay on Teacher Effectiveness and Retention
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 349
OP 385
DO 10.3368/jhr.55.2.0216.7719R3
VO 55
IS 1
A1 Hill, Andrew J.
A1 Jones, Daniel B.
YR 2020
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/55/1/349.abstract
AB 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.