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Intensive math instruction and educational attainment : long-run impacts of double-dose algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua S.; Nomi, Takako - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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Experimental evidence from an integrated early childhood parenting program in Sierra Leone
Chandra, Anjali; Mani, Subha; Dolphin, Heather; Dyson, … - 2021
We present findings from an integrated early childhood parenting program on stunting and wasting in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Importantly, where half the communities were randomly assigned to receive the parenting program and the remaining half served as a control that received standard...
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The effect of grade retention on secondary school performance : evidence from a natural experiment
Ferreira Sequeda, Maria; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; … - 2018
We study the effects of grade retention on secondary school performance by considering a change in Colombia's educative legislation. In 2010, the rule that forced schools to retain up to a 5% of students was abolished. Exploiting variation in schools' retention rates in a...
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Does universal preschool hit the target? : program access and preschool impacts
Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2017
Despite substantial interest in preschool as a means of narrowing the achievement gap, little is known about how particular program attributes might influence the achievement gains of disadvantaged preschoolers. This paper uses survey data on a recent cohort to explore the mediating influence of...
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Long-term impact of youth minimum wages : evidence from two decades of individual longitudinal data
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2009
This paper quantifies the long-run impact of exposure to youth minimum wages and sheds light on its mechanisms. It uses remarkable longitudinal data spanning for twenty years and explores legislative changes that define groups of teenagers exposed for different durations. After controlling for...
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What drives innovation? : lessons from COVID-19 R&D
Agarwal, Ruchir; Gaulé, Patrick - 2021
To examine the drivers of innovation, this paper studies the global R&D effort to fight the deadliest diseases and … innovation can be very large, as demonstrated by aggregate flow of clinical trials increasing by 38% in 2020, with limited … economists are naturally in favor of market size as a driving force for innovation (i.e."if the market size is sufficiently large …
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Migration policy can boost PISA results : findings from a natural experiment
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2012
Switzerland radically changed its migration policy in the mid-nineties from a "non-qualified only" policy to one that favors the immigration of highly qualified migrants. To analyze the impact of this change on the schooling outcomes of migrants, this paper compares the PISA (OECD Programme for...
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Empowering women through education and influence : an evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya program
Kandpal, Eeshani; Baylis, Kathy; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. - 2012
This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases participants' physical mobility, political participation, and access to employment. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational...
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The impact of "equal educational opportunity" funds : a regression discontinuity design
Ooghe, Erwin - 2011
Many countries provide extra resources to schools serving disadvantaged pupils. We exploit a discontinuity in the assignment of such personnel subsidies in Flanders to estimate the impact on cognitive outcomes via a regression discontinuity (RD) design. Because bias can be substantial in RD...
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Assessing the long-term effects of conditional cash transfers on human capital : evidence from Colombia
Baez, Javier E.; Camacho, Adriana - 2011
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) are programs under which poor families get a stipend provided they keep their children in school and take them for health checks. While there is significant evidence showing that they have positive impacts on school participation, little is known about their...
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