The Effects of Student Composition on Teacher Turnover: Evidence from an Admission Reform

Krzysztof Karbownik

No 12927, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of student ability on teacher turnover using data from Stockholm high schools and an admission reform that led to the exogenous reshuffling of pupils. The results indicate that a 10-percentile-point increase in student credentials decreases the probability of a job separation by up to 10 percentage points. These effects vary somewhat across different groups of teachers and are found mainly for mobility between schools rather than out of the profession. Teachers react most strongly to direct measures of student ability, grades from compulsory school, rather than to other correlated characteristics such as immigrant origin or parental income.

Keywords: student ability; teacher mobility; school choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J2 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2020-01
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Journal Article: The effects of student composition on teacher turnover: Evidence from an admission reform (2020)
Working Paper: The Effects of Student Composition on Teacher Turnover: Evidence from an Admission Reform (2016)
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