Personnel Management and School Productivity: Evidence from India

Daniela Scur, Renata Lemos and Karthik Muralidharan

No 15659, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper uses new data to study school management and productivity in India. We report four main results. First, management quality in public schools is low, and ~2 s.d. below high-income countries with comparable data. Second, private schools have higher management quality, driven by much stronger people management. Third, people management quality is correlated with both independent measures of teaching practice, as well as school productivity measured by student value added. Fourth, private school teacher pay is positively correlated with teacher effectiveness, and better-managed private schools are more likely to retain more effective teachers. Neither pattern is seen in public schools.

Keywords: School performance; Student value added; Management practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 M5 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eff, nep-hrm and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Personnel Management and School Productivity: Evidence from India (2024)
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