Duflo, Esther; Hanna, Rema - eSocialSciences - 2005
In the rural areas of developing countries, teacher absence is a widespread problem. This paper tests whether a simple … incentive programme based on teacher presence can reduce teacher absence, and whether it has the potential to lead to more … teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal one-teacher schools in rural India, randomly chosen out of 120 (the …