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Africa’s Skill Tragedy

Does Teachers’ Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?

Jan Bietenbeck, Marc Piopiunik and Simon Wiederhold
Journal of Human Resources, July 2018, 53 (3) 553-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.3.0616-8002R1
Jan Bietenbeck
Jan Bietenbeck is assistant professor of economics at Lund University and Research Affiliate at IZA. Marc Piopiunik is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and affiliated with CESifo. Simon Wiederhold is Professor for Macroeconomics at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is also affiliated with the ifo Institute and with CESifo.
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Jan Bietenbeck is assistant professor of economics at Lund University and Research Affiliate at IZA. Marc Piopiunik is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and affiliated with CESifo. Simon Wiederhold is Professor for Macroeconomics at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is also affiliated with the ifo Institute and with CESifo.
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Jan Bietenbeck is assistant professor of economics at Lund University and Research Affiliate at IZA. Marc Piopiunik is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and affiliated with CESifo. Simon Wiederhold is Professor for Macroeconomics at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is also affiliated with the ifo Institute and with CESifo.
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vol. 53 no. 3 553-578
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.3.0616-8002R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received June 1, 2016
  • Accepted February 1, 2017
  • Published online June 25, 2018.

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  1. Jan Bietenbeck is assistant professor of economics at Lund University and Research Affiliate at IZA. Marc Piopiunik is a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Institute in Munich and affiliated with CESifo. Simon Wiederhold is Professor for Macroeconomics at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is also affiliated with the ifo Institute and with CESifo.
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