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.
Laverde, M., Mykerezi, E., Sojourner, A., & Sood, A. (2026). Match Effects and the Gains from Alternative Job Assignments: Evidence from a Teacher Labor Market. IZA Discussion Paper, 18397.
Chicago
Mariana Laverde, Elton Mykerezi, Aaron Sojourner, and Aradhya Sood. "Match Effects and the Gains from Alternative Job Assignments: Evidence from a Teacher Labor Market." IZA Discussion Paper, No. 18397 (2026).
Harvard
Laverde, M., Mykerezi, E., Sojourner, A., and Sood, A., 2026. Match Effects and the Gains from Alternative Job Assignments: Evidence from a Teacher Labor Market. IZA Discussion Paper, 18397.
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