Under pressure: Job security, resource allocation, and productivity in schools under No Child Left Behind

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-241

  Reback, Randall ^a   Rockoff, Jonah ^b   Schwartz, Heather L ^c  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84905689617     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.6.3.207     Document Type: Article

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