Adjusting teacher salaries for the cost of living: The effect on salary comparisons and policy conclusions

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-339

  Stoddard, Christiana ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Salary wage differentials; Teacher salaries

Indexed keywords

TEACHING; WAGE;

EID: 14844339875     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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