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Shqiponja Telhaj

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Professor of Economics. Labour, Education, Applied Micro.

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Public sector performance disclosure: salary and career outcomes for top managers and employees Public sector organizations around the world are held to account on the basis of objective measures of performance. This paper investigates, for the first time, the impact of subjective school inspection ratings on labor market and career outcomes for school principals, senior managers and teachers. Employing unique school inspection data and the population of teachers in secondary schools in England, we compare personnel in schools experiencing a rating change with those in schools with no change in inspection rating, in a difference-in-differences framework. A change in the overall school inspection rating has substantial impact on principals' wages and their rate of exit from public sector schooling, but the impact on teachers is much more muted. Our findings suggest that competition is a key mechanism through which changes in school inspection ratings affect school personnel labor market outcomes. Importantly, exploiting novel inspection sub-grade data on school leadership and management quality enables us to assess the impact on principals arising from this direct channel, over and above the response to overall school ratings. It reveals that the rating for this specific dimension of quality is an important channel driving principals' outcomes. These results shed new light on the impact of subjective quality assessments on the careers of public sector managers and employees.

Very happy to share that our paper has just been accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Economics! Link: cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/PUBLICA...

10.11.2025 19:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy to share that our new paper, “Personnel Policy in Public Sector Organisations: Evidence from England’s Academy Schools”, is now out as a CEP Discussion Paper:

27.10.2025 17:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Public sector performance disclosure: salary and career outcomes for top managers and employees

By: Iftikhar Hussain, Vincenzo Scrutinio and Shqiponja Telhaj

Read at: ow.ly/lZW850WjCoa

02.07.2025 13:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Really enjoyed giving my talk: “Losing Their Religion” on Wednesday at the Dept of Economics, University of Bristol. A big thank you to everyone who attended and shared such insightful questions;to the wonderful faculty for the warm hospitality,and for a very stimulating day of back to back meetings

25.10.2025 22:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Had a great time giving my Political Economy talk “Losing Their Religion“ at the University of Oxford last week - excellent questions, thoughtful comments, and really engaging conversations throughout my visit. A Big Thank You to the Department of Economics for being such wonderful hosts!

22.06.2025 18:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Losing Their Religion: State Banning of Religion, Social Norms, and Female Participation This paper studies the relationship between economic prosperity and religion through the lens of social norms. In a social equilibrium framework, where a society is one realization of many possible eq...

Really looking forward to my talk in Oxford on June 09th! Details here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b94...

30.05.2025 14:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Telhaj drejtuesëve të institucioneve të arsimit:Investoni më shumë në rritjen e arsimit të lartë
Telhaj drejtuesëve të institucioneve të arsimit:Investoni më shumë në rritjen e arsimit të lartë YouTube video by Vizion Plus TV

"Shqiperia ka nevoje per te permiresuar sa me te shpejt cilesine e stafit akademik ne institucionet e arsimit te larte" -- Fjala ime ne takimin e organizuar per prezantimin e Dokumentit te Politikave te Zhvillimit te Arsimit te Larte ne vend 2030: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHqb...

21.02.2025 21:25 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Anna! Very nice to hear you enjoyed the paper!

14.03.2025 13:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Major source of inspiration this week at the @sriucl.bsky.social UCL Empirical Social Science seminar: @shqiponjatelhaj.bsky.social presented their amazing work on the causal effects of banning religion in Albania in the 1960s on female LFP and education. #economichistory #top5material #WPsoon

14.03.2025 12:37 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Telhaj drejtuesëve të institucioneve të arsimit:Investoni më shumë në rritjen e arsimit të lartë
Telhaj drejtuesëve të institucioneve të arsimit:Investoni më shumë në rritjen e arsimit të lartë YouTube video by Vizion Plus TV

"Shqiperia ka nevoje per te permiresuar sa me te shpejt cilesine e stafit akademik ne institucionet e arsimit te larte" -- Fjala ime ne takimin e organizuar per prezantimin e Dokumentit te Politikave te Zhvillimit te Arsimit te Larte ne vend 2030: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHqb...

21.02.2025 21:25 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

To my Oxford friends: I will be giving a talk on June 09 at the Unversity of Oxford, Political Economy Seminar, on my recent paper on Albania: "Losing Their Religion: State Banning of Religion, Social Norms, and Female Participation". I'll share more details later. Hope to see you there.

12.02.2025 23:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Very much enjoyed speaking at the UKAP’s Gala event: A Brighter Future, raising funds for students from poorer backgrounds. Every young person deserves equal opportunities to access education, regardless of their background!

02.12.2024 19:06 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks for pointing that out, hope this one works: committees.parliament.uk/publications...

06.11.2024 17:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy to see that my recent written evidence on teacher turnover and student performance, which was published by the British Parliament, is also listed in the most recent report of the Education Committee of the British Parliament’s House of Commons: committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

06.11.2024 15:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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In Norway, the beautiful city of Trondheim and very much looking forward to my talk at the NTNU Department of Economics later today and to catching up with friends and colleagues

03.10.2024 07:49 👍 37 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Here’s a first go at a @cep-lse.bsky.social starter pack with our staff, associates, and other institutions we work with go.bsky.app/HyTkkiu

05.09.2024 08:54 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
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Out now! Value for Money – a new report from Richard Layard and the CEP wellbeing team, outlining how best to target public spending to improve people’s lives.

Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/downloa...

03.09.2024 08:58 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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Extra cash for mental health would help UK more than new roads, study says LSE report suggests chancellor should downgrade projects such as Lower Thames Crossing in favour of services

My @cep-lse.bsky.social colleague Richard Layard and co-authors' new report out today makes the case that (cost-benefit) decision making should place more emphasis on wellbeing. Coverage and some examples here: www.theguardian.com/business/art...

03.09.2024 11:17 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0