Incentives work: Getting teachers to come to school

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1241-1278

  Duflo, Esther ^a   Hanna, Rema ^b   Ryan, Stephen P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84862611749     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.4.1241     Document Type: Review

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