Recruiting and retaining teachers in the UK: An analysis of graduate occupation choice from the 1960s to the 1990s

Economica

Volumn 74, Issue 293, 2007, Pages 69-96

  Chevalier, Arnaud ^a   Dolton, Peter ^b   McIntosh, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; OCCUPATION; TEACHING; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846249154     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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