increases the propensity of children to read, causing 20 percent more children to have read a book in the last week at school …We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading … material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly …

We show that a short-term (31 day) reading program, designed to provide age-appropriate reading material, to train … teachers in their use, and to support teachers' initial efforts for about a month improves students' reading skills by 0 …, probably due to a reduced emphasis on reading after the program. We find that the program also encourages students to read more …

We show that a short-term (31 day) reading program, designed to provide age-appropriate reading material, to train … teachers in their use, and to support teachers' initial efforts for about a month improves students' reading skills by 0 …, probably due to a reduced emphasis on reading after the program. We find that the program also encourages students to read more …

Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of how school curricula affect students in … children and participating in the labor market. Chapter 3 provides evidence that the content of science education standards in …-stakes occupational choices. Chapter 4 exemplifies that school curricula reforms can also have unintended consequences by showing that a …

We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on …

rural areas. This education expansion affected tens of millions of children who reached secondary school age in the late …

We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on …

nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of school performance from 2011-2016, we identify … from the terminal year of primary school. …

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is wellstudied in the … literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many … one outcome - in never attending school - the native-refugee gap persists even for children who arrive before age 8. Data …

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the … literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many … one outcome - in never attending school - the native-refugee gap persists even for children who arrive before age 8. Data …