Rule-Based Civil Service
This paper studies the effect of a civil service reform on the skills profile of new teachers in Mexico. The reform mandated the use of rule-based recruitment over discretionary hiring. The results show that the reform led to hiring teachers with higher cognitive skills. The paper also shows that an improvement in the bottom of the skills distribution of new hires drove this change. Two channels explain these effects. First, the reform decreased the prevalence of discretionary hires, who tended to be drawn from the bottom of the skills distribution. Second, the reform improved the screening efficiency of rule-based hiring, making cognitive skills more important determinants of hiring outcomes.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2023-08-08
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| Subjects: | CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYMENT, TEACHER HIRING METHODS, TEACHER QUALITY, CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, RULE-BASED TEACHER HIRING, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099354508072332378/IDU00398a50408dcd04a9b0a76a09eb52058468f https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40163 |
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| Summary: | This paper studies the effect of a
civil service reform on the skills profile of new teachers
in Mexico. The reform mandated the use of rule-based
recruitment over discretionary hiring. The results show that
the reform led to hiring teachers with higher cognitive
skills. The paper also shows that an improvement in the
bottom of the skills distribution of new hires drove this
change. Two channels explain these effects. First, the
reform decreased the prevalence of discretionary hires, who
tended to be drawn from the bottom of the skills
distribution. Second, the reform improved the screening
efficiency of rule-based hiring, making cognitive skills
more important determinants of hiring outcomes. |
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