Using performance on the job to inform teacher tenure decisions

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a   Hansen, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 77956125657     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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