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Delaying the bell : the effects of longer school days on adolescent motherhood in Chile
Kruger, Diana I.; Berthelon, Matias E. - 2009
mothers. We find that access to full-day schools reduces the probability of becoming an adolescent mother among poor families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910659
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Gender differences in the benefits of an influential early childhood program
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; … - 2017
This paper estimates gender differences in life-cycle impacts across multiple domains of an influential enriched early childhood program targeted toward disadvantaged children that was evaluated by the method of random assignment. We assess the impacts of the program on promoting or alleviating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647668
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The life-cycle benefits of an influential early childhood program
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J.; … - 2016
This paper estimates the long-term benefits from an influential early childhood program targeting disadvantaged families. The program was evaluated by random assignment and followed participants through their mid-30s. It has substantial beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595977
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Can public rankings improve school performance? : evidence from a nationwide reform in Tanzania
Cilliers, Jacobus; Mbiti, Isaac M.; Zeitlin, Andrew - 2019
schools at the top and bottom of their respective district rankings. We find that BRN improved learning outcomes for schools … in the bottom two deciles of their districts. However, the program also led schools to strategically exclude students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985756
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Teacher pay and student performance : evidence from the Gambian hardship allowance
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2014
schools, this study offers important evidence on their effectiveness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434576
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Improving reading skills by encouraging children to read : a randomized evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra; Kumler, Todd J.; Linden, Leigh L. - 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310190
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Incentives for teacher relocation : evidence from the Gambian hardship allowance
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2013
teachers in remote locations, on the distribution and characteristics of teachers across schools. A geographic discontinuity in … the policy's implementation and the presence of common pre-treatment trends between hardship and non-hardship schools … recipient schools close to the distance threshold. Further analysis suggests that these gains were not merely the result of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010208527
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The effects of school libraries on language skills : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in India
Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. - 2013
We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.053 and 0.037 standard deviations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721392
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School integration of refugee children: evidence from the largest refugee group in any country
Kirdar, Murat G.; Koç, İsmet; Dayıoğlu, Meltem - 2021
Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012620009
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Incentives and children's dietary choices : a field experiment in primary schools
Belot, Michèle; James, Jonathan G.; Nolen, Patrick - 2015
We conduct a field experiment in 31 primary schools in England to test the effectiveness of different temporary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348301