Arbeitspapier
The effect of teacher characteristics on students' science achievement
Using data from TIMSS 2015, an international large-scale assessment of student skills, I investigate the effect of teacher characteristics on students' science achievement. My identification strategy exploits the feature that in many education systems different science domains (physics, biology, chemistry, and earth science) are taught by different teachers. The availability of students' test scores as well as teachers' questionnaires for each of these domains allows me to implement a withinstudent approach which controls for unobserved student heterogeneity. I find a positive and significant effect of teacher specialization in the specific science domain on students' results, equivalent to 1.7% of a standard deviation. Holding a Master's degree, pedagogical preparation and teaching experience have no significant effect. Teachers' experience has a negative impact on the extent to which students like to study a subject or find teaching engaging.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ifo Working Paper ; No. 348
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Education: Other
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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Teachers
student achievement
teacher characteristics
education production function
TIMSS
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Sancassani, Pietro
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
- (wo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Sancassani, Pietro
- ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Entstanden
- 2021
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