PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andrew J. Hill
AU  - Daniel B. Jones
TI  - The Impacts of Performance Pay on Teacher Effectiveness and Retention: Does Teacher Gender Matter?
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.55.2.0216.7719R3
DP  - 2018 Aug 03
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0216-7719R3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2018/08/01/jhr.55.2.0216.7719R3.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2018/08/01/jhr.55.2.0216.7719R3.full
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.