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Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 434-448

  Jacob, Brian A ^a   Walsh, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Principals; Schools; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANKING;

EID: 79952620551     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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