Teacher qualifications and student achievement in urban elementary schools

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-115

  Buddin, Richard ^a   Zamarro, Gema ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Education production function; Student achievement; Teacher licensure; Teacher quality; Two level fixed effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651211693     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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