Managing the teacher workforce in austere times: The determinants and implications of teacher layoffs

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 494-527

  Goldhaber, Dan ^a   Theobald, Roddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84885358128     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00111     Document Type: Article

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