Tournament incentives for teachers: Evidence from a scaled-up intervention in Chile

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-246

  Contreras, Dante ^a   Rau, Tomás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION REFORM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INCENTIVE; PUBLIC SECTOR; STUDENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

CHILE;

EID: 84866650037     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666955     Document Type: Article

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