Becoming a Teacher: Experimental Evidence from an Information Intervention

Matías Busso, Mariana Alfonso, Hugo Ñopo, Antonella Maria Rivera Bianchi and Triana Yentzen

No 13821, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: Education systems seeking to improve outcomes must attract, develop, and retain highly effective teachers. A critical challenge is making the teaching profession appealing to talented youth. This paper presents evidence from an experiment in Peru, where we provided high school seniors with information about recent reforms to the teaching career. Wefi nd positive effects on both the extensive and intensive margins: treated students were more likely to enroll in higher education and to choose an education major. These results suggest that career incentives and information can shape not only the current teaching workforce but also future cohorts.

Keywords: Civil Service Reform; Education policy; Teachers; Information Treatment; Randomized Control Trial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I28 J40 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-11
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DOI: 10.18235/0013244

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