Does raising the principal's wage improve the school's outcomes? Quasi-experimental evidence from an unusual policy experiment in Israel

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-662

  Lavy, Victor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive achievements; School principals; Wages

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 57249084062     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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