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Teacher Motivation and Student Learning

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  • Gianna Barbieri
  • Claudio Rossetti
  • Paolo Sestito

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Teachers' motivation is likely to be a relevant factor affecting students' learning. We exploit the fact that motivated teachers are typically those who have chosen to be in a given school, while teachers just waiting to move to another school may be rather demotivated. We link this dimension of teacher motivation - as measured by the share of teachers who asked to leave their current school - to students' learning - as measured by their scores in reading and math standardized tests in a national examination. We find that the share of teachers applying for a transfer to another school negatively affects students' achievements.

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  • Gianna Barbieri & Claudio Rossetti & Paolo Sestito, 2017. "Teacher Motivation and Student Learning," Politica economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 59-72.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:je8794:doi:10.1429/86376:y:2017:i:1:p:59-72
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    Cited by:

    1. Marina Cavalieri & Massimo Finocchiaro Castro & Calogero Guccio, 2020. "Does the Fish Rot from the Head? Organised Crime and Educational Outcomes in Southern Italy," Working papers 97, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica.
    2. Alex Bryson & Lorenzo Corsini & Irene Martelli, 2022. "Teacher allocation and school performance in Italy," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 36(4), pages 409-423, December.

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