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dc.contributor.authorMichaelowa, Katharinaen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:57:28Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:57:28Z-
dc.date.issued2002-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/19349-
dc.description.abstractLow teacher motivation and its detrimental effect on student achievement are central problems of many education systems in Africa. Using standardized data for student achievement in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d`Ivoire, Madagascar and Senegal, this paper analyzes the empirical links between various policy measures, teacher job satisfaction and primary education outcomes. It appears that there is only very limited evidence for the effectiveness of intensively debated and costly measures such as increasing teachers salaries, reducing class size, and increasing academic qualification requirements. Other, more simple measures such as improved equipment with textbooks are both more effective and less costly. It also appears that teacher job satisfaction and education quality are not necessarily complementary objectives. Especially those measures ensuring control and incentive related working conditions for teachers, significantly increase student achievement while reducing teacher job satisfaction. In addition, teachers` academic qualification beyond the "baccalauréat", while beneficial for students` learning, tends to lead to a mismatch between teachers` expectations and professional realities, and thereby reduces teachers` job satisfaction.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aHamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) |cHamburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aHWWA Discussion Paper |x188en
dc.subject.jelO20en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordteacher job satisfactionen
dc.subject.keywordstudent achievementen
dc.subject.keywordAfricaen
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwLehrkräfteen
dc.subject.stwArbeitszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwAllgemeinbildende Schuleen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwFrankophones Afrikaen
dc.titleTeacher job satisfaction, student achievement, and the cost of primary education in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn356975398en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:hwwadp:26273en

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