Why public schools lose teachers

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 326-354

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a   Kain, John F ^b   Rivkin, Steven G ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EDUCATION;

EID: 1842816906     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3559017     Document Type: Article

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