Do alternative opportunities matter? The role of female labor markets in the decline of teacher quality

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 737-751

  Bacolod, Marigee P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 36448965623     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.4.737     Document Type: Article

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