A profile of the labour market for school principals in South Africa: Evidence to inform policy
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Keywords
Principal labour market; Principal turnover; Principal appointments; School performance; Retirement; South Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
- J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2015-10-25 (Education)
- NEP-URE-2015-10-25 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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