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Are Professors Worth It?

The Value-Added and Costs of Tutorial Instructors

Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca and Ulf Zölitz
Journal of Human Resources, July 2020, 55 (3) 836-863; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0417-8752R2
Jan Feld
Jan Feld is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Finance of the Victoria University of Wellington. Nicolás Salamanca is a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research of The University of Melbourne. Ulf Zölitz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Zurich.
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Nicolás Salamanca
Jan Feld is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Finance of the Victoria University of Wellington. Nicolás Salamanca is a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research of The University of Melbourne. Ulf Zölitz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Zurich.
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Jan Feld is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Finance of the Victoria University of Wellington. Nicolás Salamanca is a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research of The University of Melbourne. Ulf Zölitz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Zurich.
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    • I. Introduction
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