Match quality, worker productivity, and worker mobility: Direct evidence from teachers

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1096-1116

  Jackson, C Kirabo ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886049952     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00339     Document Type: Article

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