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Premium or Penalty? Labor Market Returns to Novice Public Sector Teachers

Juan Esteban Saavedra, Dario Maldonado, Lucrecia Santibañez and Luis Omar Herrera-Prada
Published online before print August 05, 2022, 0620-10971R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0620-10971R1
Juan Esteban Saavedra
Juan Esteban Saavedra (corresponding author) is a Research Economist at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, a Visiting Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research ().
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Dario Maldonado
Dario Maldonado is a Professor of Public Policy at the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota ().
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Lucrecia Santibañez
Lucrecia Santibañez is an Associate Professor of Education at UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies ().
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Luis Omar Herrera-Prada
Luis Omar Herrera Prada is a Research Analyst at the International Monetary Fund and a member of the Ibero-Amerika Institut at the University of Göttingen ().
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