Managing teachers in low-income countries

Thesis

Apart from the introduction (Chapter 1) and conclusion (Chapter 7), this thesis comprises five chapters organized into two parts:

Part I studies promotion incentives in the public sector, and focuses on the case of teachers in rural China. All teachers in China compete with their colleagues for rank promotions. I aim to answer two questions: first, whether the promotion system for teachers in China elicits effort from teachers, and second, how the design features of the promotion ...

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Authors: Karachiwalla, N

• Publication date: 2013
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-dpqeravrd
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: promotions; teachers; education; China; Incentives; Pakistan; caste; social distance
• Subjects: Microeconomics; Education; Economics; Development economics