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Incentives for Mayors to Improve Learning: Evidence from State Reforms in CearĂ¡, Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorLautharte, Ildo
dc.contributor.authorde Oliveira, Victor Hugo
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, Andre
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-21T14:36:24Z
dc.date.available2021-01-21T14:36:24Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.description.abstractFinancial incentives for students, teachers, and schools are often used to promote learning. Yet, little is known about whether similar incentives for mayors produce analogous findings. This paper investigates this question by exploring a results-based financing reform in CearĂ¡, Brazil, which redistributes state resources to municipalities based on education performance. Comparing schools on both sides of CearĂ¡'s border over key implementation periods, the paper shows that ninth grade students who were exposed to the results-based financing performed 0.15 standard deviation higher on mathematics and language tests. These impacts increase twofold when CearĂ¡ offers technical assistance to municipalities (pedagogical and managerial) and become significant for fifth graders. These gains are seen among students in the top performance quantiles, but reformulating the results-based financing rule to penalize municipalities with more low performers significantly reduces learning gaps. The paper discuss several mechanisms: the selection of school principals, teacher training, the provision and quality of textbooks, curriculum coverage, and school homework.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691801610721382062/Incentives-for-Mayors-to-Improve-Learning-Evidence-from-state-reforms-in-CearĂ¡-Brazil
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9509
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35024
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9509
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectRESULTS-BASED FINANCING
dc.subjectTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
dc.subjectTEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectTEACHER TRAINING
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectLEARNING INCENTIVES
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectSTUDENT PERFORMANCE
dc.titleIncentives for Mayors to Improve Learningen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from State Reforms in CearĂ¡, Brazilen
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okr.crossref.titleIncentives for Mayors to Improve Learning: Evidence from State Reforms in CearĂ¡, Brazil
okr.date.disclosure2021-01-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:57:27.699407Z
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691801610721382062/Incentives-for-Mayors-to-Improve-Learning-Evidence-from-state-reforms-in-CearĂ¡-Brazil
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9509
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryBrazil
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okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicEducation::Educational Institutions & Facilities
okr.topicEducation::Educational Policy and Planning
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.unitEducation Global Practice
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