Effective schools: Teacher hiring, assignment, development, and retention

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-304

  Loeb, Susanna ^a   Kalogrides, Demetra ^a   Béteille, Tara ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84874281842     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00068     Document Type: Article

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