Double for nothing ? experimental evidence on an unconditional teacher salary increase in Indonesia (English)

How does a large unconditional increase in salary affect the performance of incumbent employees in the public sector? This paper presents experimental evidence on this question in the context of a policy change in Indonesia that led to a permanent doubling of teachers' base salaries. The analysis uses a large-scale, randomized experiment across a representative sample of Indonesian schools that accelerated this pay increase for teachers in treated...

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De Ree,Joppe Jaitze;

Muralidharan,Karthik;

Pradhan,Menno Prasad;

Rogers,F. Halsey;
Document Date
2017/12/04
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8264
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Indonesia,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2017/12/04
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Double for nothing ? experimental evidence on an unconditional teacher salary increase in Indonesia
Keywords
Teachers

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De Ree,Joppe Jaitze; Muralidharan,Karthik; Pradhan,Menno Prasad; Rogers,F. Halsey.

Double for nothing ? experimental evidence on an unconditional teacher salary increase in Indonesia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8264 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/616961512396126770

Double for nothing ? experimental evidence on an unconditional teacher salary increase in Indonesia (English)

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