Teacher opinions on performance pay: Evidence from India

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-403

  Muralidharan, Karthik ^a   Sundararaman, Venkatesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Education policy; India; Merit pay; Teacher incentives; Teacher opinions; Teacher performance pay

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEACHING;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 79952629409     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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