Agency and choice in education: Does school choice enhance the work effort of teachers?

Education Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-63

  Rapp, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0012816423     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096452900110292     Document Type: Article

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