before five years old can have large long term impacts on adult outcomes. Child and family characteristics measured at school … years of education. Yet while children can be permanently damaged at this age, an important message is that the damage can …

We present experimental evidence on the impact of a school choice program in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP …) that provided students with a voucher to finance attending a private school of their choice. The study design featured a … allows us to study both the individual and the aggregate effects of school choice (including spillovers). After two and four …

program, which transferred cash directly to school-age girls as well as their parents, had effects on a broad range of … in school at the start of the intervention and those that were not, as well as between young women who received cash … transfers conditional on regular school attendance and those who received cash unconditionally. The results point to the …

education and home visits to disadvantaged children during their preschool years. It was evaluated by the method of random …

scored well on academic exams had their school fees paid and received a cash grant for school supplies. Girls eligible for … unlikely to win. Both student and teacher school attendance increased in the program schools. We discuss implications both for …