Suing for your supper? Resource allocation, teacher compensation and finance lawsuits

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1034-1044

  Sims, David P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational finance; Resource allocation; Teacher salaries

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; EDUCATION; FINANCE; INCOME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STUDENT; TEACHING; WAGE;

EID: 80051663905     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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