Race, poverty, and teacher mobility

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-159

  Scafidi, Benjamin ^a   Sjoquist, David L ^b   Stinebrickner, Todd R ^c  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Minority students; School characteristics; Teacher mobility; Teacher turnover; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; LABOR MOBILITY; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; RACE; TEACHING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947164775     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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