We estimate the influence of teacher subjective well-being (TSWB) on the mathematics learning achievement of public-school students in Peru. Using the National Teacher Survey and the Census Student Assessment, after exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis we identify three dimensions of TSWB: i) workplace relationships, ii) working conditions, and iii) living conditions. We estimate instrumental variables and perform quantile regressions to disentangle the relationship between TSWB and students’ learning outcomes. Our results show that TSWB has an inverted U-shaped influence on test scores, suggesting the presence of the “too-much-of-a-good-thing effect”, and therefore the existence of an optimal threshold after which its effect becomes marginally detrimental. Workplace relationships appear to be the most influential TSWB factor on students’ academic achievement.

Authors:
José María Rentería, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
Dante Solano, University of Leeds and Universidad del Pacífico, United Kingdom

About the Presenter(s)
Dr José María Rentería is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Peru

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