Gender and teachers' attrition: The occupational destination of former teachers

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 739-752

  Addi Raccah, Audrey ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender; Sex segregation; Teachers' attrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644436582     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-7738-z     Document Type: Article

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