This report is the first in a series examining the magnitude of the teacher shortage and the
working conditions and other factors that contribute to the shortage. It finds that the teacher …

This article presents a meta-analysis of 40 studies conducted during the first two decades of
the 21st Century that have analyzed the relationship between teacher characteristics and …

Teacher quality, its effect on students' outcomes, and the association of these with economic
growth, is the core of recent discussions in Latin America given the region's weak results in …

This paper reviews recent empirical literature on policy drivers of two educational outcomes-
years of schooling and rates of return-that form the OECD's aggregate measure of human …

This study aimed at investigating how the factors across the student and school levels would
influence students' performance on a technology-based assessment (TBA). TBAs not only …

Teachers play a significant societal role, yet many feel underappreciated, and commonly cite
this as a reason for considering leaving the profession. This study investigated responses to …

Gender stereotypes in the natural sciences may discourage girls from pursuing STEM fields,
thus contributing to the differential STEM pathways of males and females. This paper …

This paper investigates the education outcomes at the end of primary education in the
presence of multiple shocks. Using the exact same formative test since 2019, we document …

We investigate the influence of the classroom environment on educational performance and
its dependency on parental socio-economic status (SES). The classroom environment can …

Upcoming changes in the teacher labor supply will have an impact on nations that provide
government-based education for their youth. Faced with a significant global shortfall of …