Recruitment of rural teachers in developing countries: An economic analysis

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 849-859

  McEwan, Patrick J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Geographic isolation; Incentives; Recruitment; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033419159     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(99)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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