Recruiting smarter teachers.
In recent years many states have raised teacher salaries to attract more capable teachers. Since teacher labor markets are typically in a state of excess supply, success of such policies is contingent on containing perverse feedbacks which arise among exit decisions, vacancy rates, and the willingn...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 30; pp. 326 - 339 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Spring95
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