Do higher salaries yield better teachers and better student outcomes?

José María Cabrera; Dinand Webbink

doi:10.3368/jhr.55.4.0717-8911R3

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Do higher salaries yield better teachers and better student outcomes?

José María Cabrera and Dinand Webbink

Published online before print April 10, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.4.0717-8911R3

José María Cabrera

*Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay

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Dinand Webbink

**Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute, IZA

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For correspondence: webbink{at}ese.eur.nl

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