Cross-country evidence on teacher performance pay

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-418

  Woessmann, Ludger ^a,b  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CESifo and IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

International; PISA; Student achievement; Teacher performance pay

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SKILLED LABOR; STUDENT;

EID: 79952619890     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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