What different benchmarks suggest about how financially attractive it is to teach in public schools

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-230

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a,b   Player, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33746031783     PISSN: 00989495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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