Research

Publications

Absence, Substitutability and Productivity. Evidence from Teachers, forthcoming in Labour Economics.

• • UCL blog post (February 2020)

  • Media coverage: "Burned out: why are so many teachers quitting or off sick with stress?", The Guardian (May 13, 2018)

  • Mentioned in Thomas Piketty's Capital and Ideology.

New Evidence on Teachers’ Working Hours in England. An Empirical Analysis of Four Datasets. (with Rebecca Allen, John Jerrim and Sam Sims), Research Papers in Education, Volume 36, 2021 - Issue 6

• • Main media coverage: "Teachers 'have worked long hours for many years'", The BBC (September 18, 2019)

Submitted Papers

• Teacher Screening, On the Job Evaluations and Performance

• What is the Cost of Grade Retention ?

• The Effect of Financial Incentives on the Retention of Shortage-Subject Teachers: Evidence from England (with Sam Sims).

• "Salary top-ups for new teachers boost retention rates by 23%", Schools Week (April 20,2022)

Working Paper

Stay a Little Longer ? Teacher Turnover, Seniority and Quality in French Disadvantaged Schools

• • Mentioned in Thomas Piketty's Capital and Ideology.

Work in Progress

- Teaching Staff Characteristics and Spending per Student in French Disadvantaged Schools [slides, April 2019; public data]

• • • Mentioned in Thomas Piketty's Capital and Ideology .

- Intergenerational Mobility and Assortative Mating for Women over the Life Cycle in the UK (with Lindsey Macmillan)

- Evaluation of the West London Zone Programme (with Jake Anders and Gill Wyness)

Outreach

Book

Tous des bons profs, un choix de société, Fayard, september 2020

• Main media coverage: Le Monde, Cafe pedagogique, Mediapart

• Academic coverage: Monnet, M. (2021). BENHENDA Asma, 2020, Tous des bons profs : un choix de société, Paris, Fayard, 168 p.. Population, 76, 736-737.

Policy Reports

Benhenda, A. (2018), Gestion des enseignants et inégalités scolaires dans les collèges de l’éducation prioritaire, Paris School of Economics/Institut des politiques publiques, May, 132 p.

• • Report for the Highest French Administrative Court of Audit (Cour des comptes)

Benhenda, A. and J. Grenet (2015), Évaluation du coût du redoublement, Paris School of Economics/Institut des politiques publiques, January, 138 p.

• • Executive Summary in French; Executive Summary in English.

  • Presentation at the Conférence de consensus, Conseil national d'évaluation du système scolaire (January 28, 2015).

  • Main media coverage: "Le redoublement coûte 2 milliards d'euros par an", Le Monde (January 28, 2015); "Le redoublement coûte deux milliards d'euros par an", Le Figaro (January 28, 2015).

Fack G., Grenet J. and A. Benhenda (2014), L'impact des procédures de sectorisation et d'affectation sur la mixité sociale et scolaire dans les lycées d'Ile-de-France, Paris School of Economics/ Institut des politiques publiques, June, 202 p.

• Main media coverage: "Paris, capitale de la ségrégation scolaire au lycée", Le Monde (July 2, 2014); "Le gouvernement souhaite-t-il vraiment la mixité sociale ?", Le Monde (Thomas Piketty's op-ed; August 31, 2016)

Policy Briefs, Op-Eds and Interviews

• "Getting into the zone and collaborating beyond academia", UCL IOE podcast, with Jake Anders, April 2022.

• "La depense par etudiant est en baisse, c'est un choix politique", Interview in Le Monde, September 28, 2021.

• "Doubler le salaire des enseignants: et si c'etait rentable ?", Interview in Pour L'Eco, September 17, 2021 .

• "Recrutement des professeurs : l’expérimentation libérale annoncée par Macron inquiète", Interview in Mediapart, September 9, 2021.

• "Capital humain, productivité et rémunération des enseignants", Regards croises sur l'economie, 2020/2 (n° 27), pages 110 à 119

• "Grenelle de l'education: sur les salaires, Blanquer se trompe d'objectif", Interview in Mediapart, May 27, 2021

• How to Attract and Retain Teachers, UCL CEPEO Briefing Note, May 2021 (with L. Macmillan).

• "Grenelle de l’éducation : « La question de l’autonomie des établissements est susceptible de changer profondément le système éducatif »", Interview in Le Monde, February 2, 2021

• "Cette prof a change ma vie", Interview in Le Monde, January 11, 2021

• "Grenelle de l’éducation : « Une réforme nécessaire mais périlleuse des concours enseignant»", Op-ed in Le Monde, January 5, 2021

• The Impact of School Facility Expenditures on Pupil Attainment, UCL CEPEO Briefing Note, November 2020.

• Presentation at OECD Education & Skills: Teachers' Health and its Impact on Pupils' Achievement, November 27, 2020.

• La crise economique, une opportunite unique pour reduire les penuries d'enseignants, Op-ed in Le Monde, October 6, 2020.

• Should School Holidays be Rearranged ?, Times Education Supplement (TES), May 29, 2020.

• The Impact of Recessions on Teacher Labour Markets, UCL CEPEO Briefing Note, May 2020.

• Ending lockdowns by reopening schools first? The potential implications for teachers’ health and well-being, UCL CEPEO blog post, April 15, 2020.

• Absence, Substitutability and Productivity. Evidence from Teachers, Faculti.net, January 2019 [link to video]

• Uniforme à l’école : est-il vraiment utile aux élèves ?, Le Parisien (November 5, 2018)

• Faut-il rétablir le redoublement ?, Public Senat (French Parliamentary Channel; November 29, 2017)

• Politique éducative d'Emmanuel Macron: ce que peut en dire la recherche, The Conversation (May 10, 2017).

• "L'enseignement supérieur peut-il s'autofinancer ?", Le Monde (October 14, 2015).

• What is the Cost of Grade Retention in French Primary and Secondary Education ?, IPP Policy Brief n°17, January 2015 (with Julien Grenet).

• "Pour en finir avec les inégalités entre les sexes à l'école", Le Monde (October 31, 2015).

• Editorials and Briefs for Regards croisés sur l'économie

• • Editor of its issue on higher education, published in October 2015.

  • Editor of its issue on K-12 education, published in March 2013. Main media coverage: "Mauvaise note pour la mixité", Le Monde (March 29, 2013).