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- De Fraja, Gianni & Landeras, Pedro, 2006. "Could do better: The effectiveness of incentives and competition in schools," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(1-2), pages 189-213, January.
- Gianni De Fraja & Pedro Landeras, "undated". "Could Do Better: The Effectiveness of Incentives and Competition in Schools," Discussion Papers 02/11, Department of Economics, University of York.
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Keywords
Students effort; Schools quality; Peer-group effect; Incentives;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2005-11-19 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2005-11-19 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-PBE-2005-11-19 (Public Economics)
- NEP-URE-2005-11-19 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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