Personnel Management and School Productivity: Evidence from India

Renata Lemos (), Karthik Muralidharan and Daniela Scur

No 28336, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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 ~2σ 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 their most effective teachers. Neither pattern is seen in public schools.

JEL-codes: I25 M5 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-01
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Published as Renata Lemos & Karthik Muralidharan & Daniela Scur, 2024. "Personnel Management and School Productivity: Evidence from India," The Economic Journal, vol 134(661), pages 2071-2100.

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