Does professor quality matter? Evidence from random assignment of students to professors

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-432

  Carrell, Scott E ^a   West, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 77953863886     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653808     Document Type: Article

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