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Performance Information and Personnel Decisions in the Public Sector

The Case of School Principals

View ORCID ProfileJulie Berry Cullen, View ORCID ProfileEric A. Hanushek, Gregory Phelan and View ORCID ProfileSteven G. Rivkin
Journal of Human Resources, January 2024, 59 (1) 109-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0619-10272R1
Julie Berry Cullen
Julie Berry Cullen is professor of economics at University of California, San Diego and research associate at NBER.
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Eric A. Hanushek
Eric A. Hanushek is Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, senior research fellow at University of Texas at Dallas, and research associate at NBER.
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Gregory Phelan is assistant professor of economics at Kennesaw State University.
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Steven G. Rivkin is professor of economics at University of Illinois at Chicago, senior research fellow at University of Texas at Dallas, and research associate at NBER.
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vol. 59 no. 1 109-140
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0619-10272R1
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received June 1, 2019
  • Accepted September 1, 2021
  • Published online February 13, 2024.

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  1. Julie Berry Cullen
  1. Julie Berry Cullen is professor of economics at University of California, San Diego and research associate at NBER.
  1. Eric A. Hanushek
  1. Eric A. Hanushek is Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, senior research fellow at University of Texas at Dallas, and research associate at NBER.
  1. Gregory Phelan
  1. Gregory Phelan is assistant professor of economics at Kennesaw State University.
  1. Steven G. Rivkin
  1. Steven G. Rivkin is professor of economics at University of Illinois at Chicago, senior research fellow at University of Texas at Dallas, and research associate at NBER. (sgrivkin{at}uic.edu)
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    • I. Introduction
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    • III. Data on Principal Labor Market Outcomes and School Performance
    • IV. Measures of Principal Effectiveness
    • V. Campus Rating Effects on Principal Labor Market Outcomes
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