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The Value of Smarter Teachers

International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance

Eric A. Hanushek, Marc Piopiunik and Simon Wiederhold
Journal of Human Resources, October 2019, 54 (4) 857-899; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.4.0317.8619R1
Eric A. Hanushek
Eric A. Hanushek is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and is affiliated with CESifo and NBER. 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 and affiliated with the ifo Institute, CESifo, and ROA.
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Eric A. Hanushek is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and is affiliated with CESifo and NBER. 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 and affiliated with the ifo Institute, CESifo, and ROA.
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Eric A. Hanushek is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and is affiliated with CESifo and NBER. 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 and affiliated with the ifo Institute, CESifo, and ROA.
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vol. 54 no. 4 857-899
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.4.0317.8619R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received March 1, 2017
  • Accepted March 1, 2018
  • Published online October 25, 2019.
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© 2019 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Eric A. Hanushek (hanushek{at}stanford.edu),
  2. Marc Piopiunik and
  3. Simon Wiederhold
  1. Eric A. Hanushek is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and is affiliated with CESifo and NBER. 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 and affiliated with the ifo Institute, CESifo, and ROA.
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