Analyzing the determinants of the matching of public school teachers to jobs: Disentangling the preferences of teachers and employers

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-117

  Boyd, Donald ^a   Lankford, Hamilton ^a   Loeb, Susanna ^b   Wyckoff, James ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84871410148     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666725     Document Type: Article

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