Collective Bargaining, Transfer Rights, and Disadvantaged Schools

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-111

  Anzia, Sarah F ^a   Moe, Terry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collective bargaining; unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893647527     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373713500524     Document Type: Article

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