The academic quality of public school teachers: An analysis of entry and exit behavior

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 507-518

  Podgursky, Michael ^a   Monroe, Ryan ^a   Watson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Educational finance; Teacher salaries

Indexed keywords

TEACHING;

EID: 2942701810     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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