The determinants of teacher attrition in upstate New York

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-144

  Ondrich, Jan ^a   Pas, Emily ^a   Yinger, John ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job mobility; Labor supply; Teachers; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949013410     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142106294716     Document Type: Article

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