School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines

This paper examines inequality patterns of school and teacher resources as well as student performance in the Philippines. School and teacher resources, measured by pupil classroom and teacher ratios and per-pupil teacher salary, became more unequa...

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Main Authors: Yamauchi, Futoshi, Parandekar, Suhas
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18809100/school-resource-performance-inequality-evidence-philippines
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spelling okr-10986-168302021-04-23T14:03:33Z School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines Yamauchi, Futoshi Parandekar, Suhas ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES ACHIEVEMENTS AVERAGE TEST SCORE AVERAGE TEST SCORES BASIC EDUCATION CITY SCHOOLS CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DECISION MAKING ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCED TEACHERS HEAD TEACHERS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION HUMAN RESOURCES JOB TRAINING LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES MASTER TEACHERS MATHEMATICS NATIONAL SCHOOL NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PRINCIPALS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPIL TEACHER RATIO PUPIL TEACHERS PUPIL-CLASSROOM RATIO PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL BUILDING SCHOOL CENSUS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL POPULATIONS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL SCIENCES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATIONS TEACHER TEACHER QUALITY TEACHER RATIOS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING RESOURCES TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN SCHOOLS This paper examines inequality patterns of school and teacher resources as well as student performance in the Philippines. School and teacher resources, measured by pupil classroom and teacher ratios and per-pupil teacher salary, became more unequal over time. Strikingly, a large portion of the variation is attributed to their within-division distributions, especially the non-city areas in each province (rural schools), where pupil classroom and teacher ratios have significantly positive returns in terms of student test scores. Concavity built into the education production function implies that reallocation of teachers and classrooms within a division can potentially increase average test scores. The estimates also imply that it is optimal to deploy young, inexperienced teachers to rural schools and reassign them to urban schools when the teachers are more experienced. 2014-02-03T21:02:38Z 2014-02-03T21:02:38Z 2014-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18809100/school-resource-performance-inequality-evidence-philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16830 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6748 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES
ACHIEVEMENTS
AVERAGE TEST SCORE
AVERAGE TEST SCORES
BASIC EDUCATION
CITY SCHOOLS
CLASS SIZE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES
CLASSROOMS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DECISION MAKING
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
ENROLLMENT
EXPERIENCED TEACHERS
HEAD TEACHERS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
JOB TRAINING
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
MASTER TEACHERS
MATHEMATICS
NATIONAL SCHOOL
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PRINCIPALS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUPIL TEACHER RATIO
PUPIL TEACHERS
PUPIL-CLASSROOM RATIO
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
RURAL AREAS
RURAL SCHOOLS
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOL BUILDING
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL POPULATIONS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL SCIENCES
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
STUDENT POPULATIONS
TEACHER
TEACHER QUALITY
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TEACHING RESOURCES
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOKS
URBAN SCHOOLS
spellingShingle ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES
ACHIEVEMENTS
AVERAGE TEST SCORE
AVERAGE TEST SCORES
BASIC EDUCATION
CITY SCHOOLS
CLASS SIZE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES
CLASSROOMS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DECISION MAKING
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
ENROLLMENT
EXPERIENCED TEACHERS
HEAD TEACHERS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION
HUMAN RESOURCES
JOB TRAINING
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
MASTER TEACHERS
MATHEMATICS
NATIONAL SCHOOL
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PRINCIPALS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUPIL TEACHER RATIO
PUPIL TEACHERS
PUPIL-CLASSROOM RATIO
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
RURAL AREAS
RURAL SCHOOLS
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOL BUILDING
SCHOOL CENSUS
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL POPULATIONS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL SCIENCES
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
STUDENT POPULATIONS
TEACHER
TEACHER QUALITY
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TEACHING RESOURCES
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOKS
URBAN SCHOOLS
Yamauchi, Futoshi
Parandekar, Suhas
School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Philippines
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6748
description This paper examines inequality patterns of school and teacher resources as well as student performance in the Philippines. School and teacher resources, measured by pupil classroom and teacher ratios and per-pupil teacher salary, became more unequal over time. Strikingly, a large portion of the variation is attributed to their within-division distributions, especially the non-city areas in each province (rural schools), where pupil classroom and teacher ratios have significantly positive returns in terms of student test scores. Concavity built into the education production function implies that reallocation of teachers and classrooms within a division can potentially increase average test scores. The estimates also imply that it is optimal to deploy young, inexperienced teachers to rural schools and reassign them to urban schools when the teachers are more experienced.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Yamauchi, Futoshi
Parandekar, Suhas
author_facet Yamauchi, Futoshi
Parandekar, Suhas
author_sort Yamauchi, Futoshi
title School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines
title_short School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines
title_full School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines
title_fullStr School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed School Resource and Performance Inequality : Evidence from the Philippines
title_sort school resource and performance inequality : evidence from the philippines
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18809100/school-resource-performance-inequality-evidence-philippines
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16830
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