Competition, Wages and Teacher Sorting: Lessons Learned from a Voucher Reform

Economic Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 561, 2012, Pages 799-824

  Hensvik, Lena ^a,b  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; PANEL DATA; SKILLED LABOR; TEACHING; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84861696148     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02514.x     Document Type: Article

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