Effects and Mechanisms of CEO Quality in Public Education
研究以色列公立小学校长质量对学生成绩和行为的影响，发现校长质量对弱势学校效果更显著，并通过改善学校优先事项、工作程序和减少暴力等机制发挥作用。
Abstract ‘CEOs’ of public schools in many countries have authority and responsibilities that can greatly affect the quality of schooling. This paper estimates the impact of CEOs on student outcomes in Israeli elementary schools. We estimate CEO quality in two ways—once using schools that do not switch CEOs and once using schools that do. We show that switches are exogenous and are not correlated with potential outcomes. CEO quality positively affects students’ test scores and behavioural outcomes, with pronounced effects for disadvantaged schools. Potential mechanisms show that high-quality CEOs lead to improvements in school priorities, working procedures and violence reduction.