The Potential Output Gains from Using Optimal Teacher Incentives: An Illustrative Calibration of a Hidden Action Model
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- Mehta, Nirav, 2018. "The potential output gains from using optimal teacher incentives: An illustrative calibration of a hidden action model," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 67-72.
- Nirav Mehta, 2017. "The Potential Output Gains from Using Optimal Teacher Incentives: An Illustrative Calibration of a Hidden Action Model," CESifo Working Paper Series 6598, CESifo.
- Nirav Mehta, 2017. "The Potential Output Gains from Using Optimal Teacher Incentives: An Illustrative Calibration of a Hidden Action Model," University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers 20178, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP).
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Keywords
empirical contracts; teacher incentive schemes;JEL classification:
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2018-08-20 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-URE-2018-08-20 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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