IPE Thrust Seminar - Teacher Characteristics and Student Performance: Evidence from Random Teacher-Student Assignments in China
Supporting the below United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:支持以下聯合國可持續發展目標：支持以下联合国可持续发展目标：
This paper investigates the impacts of teacher characteristics on student performance using a nationally representative and randomly assigned teacher-student sample in China. We find that having a more experienced or female homeroom teacher (HRT) with additional classroom management duties significantly improves students’ test scores and cognitive and noncognitive abilities. In contrast, these effects are not observed for subject teachers who are responsible only for teaching. More experienced or female HRTs are also associated with a better classroom environment, more self-motivated students, more parental involvement, and higher parental expectations. These mechanisms explain 10-25 percent of HRT effects on test scores and cognitive ability and 50-60 percent of HRT effects on noncognitive ability. Our findings highlight the importance of teacher management skills in education production.
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2019.12-present Associate Professor (Top100 Talents Program)
International School of Business and Finance, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
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2019.12-present Research Fellow
Institute of Advanced Finance, SYSU
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2017.7-2019.12 Research Fellow
IRES, National University of Singapore
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2013-2017 Ph.D. in Economics
National University of Singapore
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2009-2013 B.A. in Economics
Sun Yat-sen University
Publications
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Too Hot to Handle: The Effects of High Temperatures during Pregnancy on Adult Welfare Outcomes (with Zihan Hu, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019(94), 236-253).
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Environmental Regulation as a Double-edged Sword for Housing Markets: Evidence from the NOx Budget Trading Program (with Sumit Agarwal and Yongheng Deng, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019(96), 286-309).
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Singapore’s Cooling Measures and Its Housing Market (with Yongheng Deng and Joe Gyourko, Journal of Housing Economics, 2019(45), 101573).
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The Effect of Air Pollution on Criminal Activities: Evidence from the NOx Budget Trading Program (with Siyu Chen, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020(83), 103528).