Incentives and effort in the public sector: Have US education reforms increased teachers' work hours?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Stoddard, Christiana ^a   Kuhn, Peter ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Efficiency; Productivity; School choice

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; EDUCATION REFORM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949119341     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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