Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP15659
Authors: Renata Lemos; Karthik Muralidharan; Daniela Scur
Abstract: This paper uses new data to study school management and productivity in India. We report four main results. First, management quality in public schools is low, and ~2 s.d. below high-income countries with comparable data. Second, private schools have higher management quality, driven by much stronger people management. Third, people management quality is correlated with both independent measures of teaching practice, as well as school productivity measured by student value added. Fourth, private school teacher pay is positively correlated with teacher effectiveness, and better-managed private schools are more likely to retain more effective teachers. Neither pattern is seen in public schools.
Keywords: school performance; student value added; management practices
JEL Codes: M5; I25; O1
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| management quality in public schools (I21) | school productivity (I21) |
| better management practices in private schools (L33) | productivity outcomes (O49) |
| people management quality (M54) | teaching practices (A21) |
| people management quality (M54) | student value added (D46) |
| private school teacher pay (A21) | teacher effectiveness (A21) |