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Measuring Returns to Experience Using Supervisor Ratings of Observed Performance: The Case of Classroom Teachers

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  • Courtney A. Bell
  • Jessalynn K. James
  • Eric S. Taylor
  • James Wyckoff
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We study the returns to experience in teaching, estimated using supervisor ratings from classroom observations. We describe the assumptions required to interpret changes in observation ratings over time as the causal effect of experience on performance. We compare two difference-in-differences strategies: the two-way fixed effects estimator common in the literature, and an alternative which avoids potential bias arising from effect heterogeneity. Using data from Tennessee and Washington, DC, we show empirical tests relevant to assessing the identifying assumptions and substantive threats—e.g., leniency bias, manipulation, changes in incentives or job assignments—and find our estimates are robust to several threats.

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  • Courtney A. Bell & Jessalynn K. James & Eric S. Taylor & James Wyckoff, 2023. "Measuring Returns to Experience Using Supervisor Ratings of Observed Performance: The Case of Classroom Teachers," NBER Working Papers 30888, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics

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