Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/309148 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1658
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Education systems seeking to improve outcomes must attract, develop, and retain highly effective teachers. A critical challenge is making the teaching profession appealing to talented youth. This paper presents evidence from an experiment in Peru, where we provided high school seniors with information about recent reforms to the teaching career. Wefi nd positive effects on both the extensive and intensive margins: treated students were more likely to enroll in higher education and to choose an education major. These results suggest that career incentives and information can shape not only the current teaching workforce but also future cohorts.
Subjects: 
Civil service reform
Education policy
Teachers
Information treatment
Randomized control trial
Peru
JEL: 
I28
I23
J40
O10
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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