Can public schools buy better-qualified teachers?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 686-699

  Figlio, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0040669591     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390205500407     Document Type: Article

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