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Performance pay for teachers: determinants and consequences

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>06/2008
<mark>Journal</mark>Economics of Education Review
Issue number3
Volume27
Number of pages10
Pages (from-to)243-252
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Theory and evidence on performance-related pay for teaching remain inconclusive. Teachers will respond to rewards, but an appropriate reward structure may not be devised because education is a collaborative endeavor. Here we test three hypotheses: performance-related pay among teachers is more likely to be observed when there are evident indicators of team production; teachers receiving performance pay will earn more in total than otherwise equal teachers without performance pay; and teachers receiving performance pay should have higher job satisfaction. We use the Schools and Staffing Survey (2000) to test each hypothesis. Team production does strongly predict performance-related pay, and that such pay does boost earnings, but that job satisfaction is lower for those who receive such pay awards.