Teacher Quality and Teacher Labor Markets

Handbook of Education Policy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 596-612

  Béteille, Tara ^a   Loeb, Susanna ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85145865871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880968-53     Document Type: Chapter

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