Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance: Evidence from IMPACT

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 267-297

  Dee, Thomas S ^a   Wyckoff, James ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84924732145     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21818     Document Type: Article

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