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Cost-effective hiring in US high schools: estimating optimal teacher quantity and quality decisions

Gregory A. Gilpin Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, 306 Linfield Hall, Bozeman, MT, 59715-2920, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Anton Bekkerman Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, 306 Linfield Hall, Bozeman, MT, 59715-2920, USA
Pages 1421-1424 | Published online: 05 Mar 2012

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