@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp18397,
            	author={Laverde, Mariana and Mykerezi, Elton and Sojourner, Aaron and Sood, Aradhya},
            	title={Match Effects and the Gains from Alternative Job Assignments: Evidence from a Teacher Labor Market},
            	year={2026},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={18397},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp18397},
	abstract={This paper studies the relative importance of teacher-student match effects and general teacher effectiveness in producing student learning, and quantifies gains from alternative teacher assignments. We estimate a framework that separates these components, allowing match quality to vary with observable student characteristics and unobservable teacher-school factors. Using more than a decade of administrative data from a large urban district, we address endogenous sorting with quasi-random assignment variation induced by differences in driving time between teachers and schools. Match effects are similar in magnitude to general effectiveness. Teacher-acceptable reassignments can raise average test scores by about 0.13 standard deviations.},
	keywords={teacher effectiveness;teacher–student match effects;assignment and sorting;education production;labor markets in education},
            }