distractors that may tamper with the learning process. This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial in which … make a significant difference in student learning. We additionally conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis, which … substitution by laptops may be a cost-effective manner to provide classroom learning content …

We study whether current spending levels and public knowledge of them contribute to transatlantic differences in policy … effects vary by prior knowledge in a manner consistent with information effects rather than priming. Support for salary …

This paper investigates how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China. We found that … loving, less loss averse, and more impatient after being primed with Confucianism, whereas Taiwanese subjects became … significantly less present-based and were inclined to be more trustworthy after being primed by Confucianism. Combining the evidence …

When SARS struck Taiwan in the spring of 2003, many people feared that the disease would spread through the healthcare … to this public reaction. We identify social learning through a difference-in-difference strategy that compares long time … private sources during SARS. In a dynamic simulation based on the regressions, social learning substantially magnifes the …

equilibria is consistent with the observation that some similar economies, such as Taiwan and South Korea, differ substantially …

teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal one-teacher schools in rural India, randomly chosen out of 120 (the … attendance. A teacher's salary was a direct function of his attendance. The remaining 60 schools served as comparison schools … unannounced visits both in treatment and comparison schools) changed from an average of 42 percent in the comparison schools to 22 …