Teacher bonuses and teacher retention in low-performing schools: Evidence from the North Carolina $1,800 teacher bonus program

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-87

  Clotfelter, Charles T ^a   Glennie, Elizabeth J ^a   Ladd, Helen F ^a   Vigdor, Jacob L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating differential; Salaries; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949030718     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142106291662     Document Type: Article

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