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Teachers, Electoral Cycles, and Learning in India

Sonja Fagernäs and Panu Pelkonen
Journal of Human Resources, March 2020, 55 (2) 699-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0816-8100R
Sonja Fagernäs
Sonja Fagernäs is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at University of Sussex. Panu Pelkonen is a Lecturer of Economics at the University of Sussex and a Research Fellow at IZA ().
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Sonja Fagernäs is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at University of Sussex. Panu Pelkonen is a Lecturer of Economics at the University of Sussex and a Research Fellow at IZA ().
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vol. 55 no. 2 699-732
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0816-8100R
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0022-166X
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  • Received August 1, 2016
  • Accepted June 1, 2018
  • Published online April 14, 2020.

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  1. Sonja Fagernäs is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at University of Sussex. Panu Pelkonen is a Lecturer of Economics at the University of Sussex and a Research Fellow at IZA (p.o.pelkonen{at}sussex.ac.uk).
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Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen
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    • I. Introduction
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    • III. Teachers and the Electoral Cycle
    • IV. Bunching of Transfers: Political or Mechanical?
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