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The Productivity Costs of Inefficient Hiring Practices: Evidence From Late Teacher Hiring

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  • John P. Papay
  • Matthew A. Kraft

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We use matched employee–employer records from the teacher labor market to explore the effects of late teacher hiring on student achievement. Hiring teachers after the school year starts reduces student achievement by 0.042 SD in mathematics and 0.026 SD in reading. This reflects, in part, a temporary disruption effect in the first year. In mathematics, but not in reading, late‐hired teachers remain persistently less effective, evidence of negative selection in the teacher labor market. Late hiring concentrates in schools that disproportionately serve disadvantaged student populations, contributing to challenges in ensuring an equitable distribution of educational resources for all students.

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  • John P. Papay & Matthew A. Kraft, 2016. "The Productivity Costs of Inefficient Hiring Practices: Evidence From Late Teacher Hiring," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(4), pages 791-817, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:35:y:2016:i:4:p:791-817
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    1. Pendola, Andrew, 2022. "Defining the Labor Market of Principals in Texas: The Relationship Between Turnover and Selection," SocArXiv 7jzak, Center for Open Science.
    2. Michael Bates & Michael Dinerstein & Andrew C. Johnston & Isaac Sorkin, 2022. "Teacher Labor Market Equilibrium and Student Achievement," CESifo Working Paper Series 9551, CESifo.
    3. Jessalynn James & Matthew A. Kraft & John P. Papay, 2023. "Local supply, temporal dynamics, and unrealized potential in teacher hiring," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(4), pages 1010-1044, September.

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