Evaluating the effect of teachers' group performance incentives on pupil achievement

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1286-1317

  Lavy, Victor ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 0037000503     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342810     Document Type: Article

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