The Impact of College Teaching on Students’ Academic and Labor Market Outcomes

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Labor Economics
Year: 2016
Volume: 34
Issue: 3
Pages: 781 - 822

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper estimates the impact of college teaching on students' academic achievement and labor market outcomes using administrative data from Bocconi University matched with tax records. The estimation exploits the random allocation of students to teachers in a fixed sequence of compulsory courses. We find that teacher effects on students' academic and labor market outcomes are only mildly positively correlated and that the professors who are best at improving the academic achievement of their students are not always also the ones who boost their earnings the most. For the least able students, the correlation between the academic and labor market effectiveness of teachers turns out to be negative.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/684952
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24