Does teacher quality affect student performance? Evidence from an Italian university

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-377

  De Paola, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Random assignment; Research productivity; Seniority; Student performance; Teaching quality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350169087     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2008.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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