MATCH QUALITY, WORKER PRODUCTIVITY, AND WORKER MOBILITY: DIRECT EVIDENCE FROM TEACHERS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jackson, C. Kirabo
• 署名单位: Northwestern University; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00339
• 发表日期: 2013-10
• 页码: 1096-1116
• 关键词: student-achievement; job mobility; schools; RACE

摘要

I investigate the importance of the match between teachers and schools for student achievement. I show that teacher effectiveness increases after a move to a different school and estimate teacher-school match effects. Match quality explains away a quarter of and has two-thirds the explanatory power of teacher quality. Match quality is negatively correlated with school switching, is unrelated to exit, and increases with experience. This paper provides the first estimates of worker-firm match quality using output data, as opposed to inferring productivity from wages or employment durations. The results suggest that workers seek high-quality matches for reasons other than higher pay.