The economic value of higher teacher quality

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 466-479

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,b,c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Performance pay; Salaries; Teacher labor markets

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952618828     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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