Teacher quality in educational production: Tracking, decay, and student achievement

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-214

  Rothstein, Jesse ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 76049084039     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.1.175     Document Type: Article

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