Would higher salaries keep teachers in high-poverty schools? Evidence from a policy intervention in North Carolina

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1352-1370

  Clotfelter, Charles ^a,b   Glennie, Elizabeth ^a   Ladd, Helen ^a   Vigdor, Jacob ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensating differential; Employee turnover rates; Information quality; Policy design; Retention bonus

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849088090     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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