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Existing learning models attribute failures to learn to a lack of data. We model a different barrier. Given the large number of dimensions one could focus on when using a technology, people may fail to learn because they failed to notice important features of the data they possess. We conduct a...
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In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts. In India, we ran an exam …
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in India for "lower-caste" groups. We find that it successfully targets the financially disadvantaged: the marginal upper …
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teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal one-teacher schools in rural India, randomly chosen out of 120 (the …
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Employing a technological solution to monitor the attendance of public-sector health care workers in India resulted in …
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In this paper, we demonstrate that university students who cheat on a simple task in a laboratory setting are more likely to state a preference for entering public service. Importantly, we also show that cheating on this task is predictive of corrupt behavior by real government workers, implying...
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provide new evidence, from a randomized control trial conducted in rural Orissa, India (one of the poorest places in India …
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infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India's environmental regulations. The …
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