A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries
Same-type teachers are believed to improve the learning outcomes of disadvantaged students. This paper examines an understudied characteristic—caste—with rich longitudinal data from Pakistan to identify causal effects. The matching and switching of students to teachers is pseudorandom, and effects a...
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| author | Karachiwalla, Naureen |
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| description | Same-type teachers are believed to improve the learning outcomes of disadvantaged students. This paper examines an understudied characteristic—caste—with rich longitudinal data from Pakistan to identify causal effects. The matching and switching of students to teachers is pseudorandom, and effects are not driven by unobserved teacher characteristics correlated with caste. Low-caste boys learn significantly more when taught by high-caste teachers. They have higher aspirations, and their parents spend significantly longer helping with homework when taught by these teachers. These results illustrate that, contrary to previous findings, different-type teachers may sometimes promote educational attainment and aspirations and, thus, intergenerational mobility. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1467872024-10-25T08:05:51Z A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries Karachiwalla, Naureen education learning developing countries physical distancing teachers caste systems Same-type teachers are believed to improve the learning outcomes of disadvantaged students. This paper examines an understudied characteristic—caste—with rich longitudinal data from Pakistan to identify causal effects. The matching and switching of students to teachers is pseudorandom, and effects are not driven by unobserved teacher characteristics correlated with caste. Low-caste boys learn significantly more when taught by high-caste teachers. They have higher aspirations, and their parents spend significantly longer helping with homework when taught by these teachers. These results illustrate that, contrary to previous findings, different-type teachers may sometimes promote educational attainment and aspirations and, thus, intergenerational mobility. 2019-01 2024-06-21T09:08:45Z 2024-06-21T09:08:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146787 en Open Access University of Chicago Press Karachiwalla, Naureen. 2019. A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries. Economic Development and Cultural Change 67(2): 225-271. https://doi.org/10.1086/698131 |
| spellingShingle | education learning developing countries physical distancing teachers caste systems Karachiwalla, Naureen A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries |
| title | A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries |
| title_full | A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries |
| title_fullStr | A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries |
| title_short | A teacher unlike me: Social distance, learning, and intergenerational mobility in developing countries |
| title_sort | teacher unlike me social distance learning and intergenerational mobility in developing countries |
| topic | education learning developing countries physical distancing teachers caste systems |
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