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Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics
Berlinski, Samuel G.; Busso, Matías - 2015
This paper reports the results of an experiment with secondary school students designed to improve their ability to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314188
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Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru
Beuermann, Diether; Cristia, Julian; Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu; … - 2012
This paper presents results from a randomized control trial in which approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328053
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Access to Preprimary Education and Progression in Primary School: Evidence from Rural Guatemala
Bastos, Paulo; Bottan, Nicolas; Cristia, Julian - 2012
school in rural communities of Guatemala. Combining administrative and population census data in a difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328064
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Entry and Quality Choices in Child Care Markets
Bastos, Paulo; Cristia, Julian - 2010
Many developing countries have adopted the market approach for expanding the supply of child care, but little is known about the economic behavior of independent providers. This paper draws on uniquely rich administrative data on child care centers and their inputs from São Paulo to examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328066
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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program
Cristia, Julian; Ibarraran, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; … - 2012
access translated into substantial increases in use both at school and at home. No evidence is found of effects on enrollment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328127
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The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students’ Digital Skills in Peru
Bet, German; Cristia, Julian; Ibarraran, Pablo - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328229
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Preschool Education in Brazil: Does Public Supply Crowd Out Private Enrollment?
Bastos, Paulo; Straume, Odd Rune - 2013
This paper examines whether an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds out private enrollment, using rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000-2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. Results from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328260
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Does Technology in Schools Affect Repetition, Dropout and Enrollment? Evidence from Peru
Cristia, Julian; Czerwonko, Alejo; Garofalo, Pablo - 2014
Internet access in secondary public schools in Peru. Rich longitudinal school-level data from 2001 to 2006 are used to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328280
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Can conditional cash transfers alter the effectiveness of other human capital development policies?
Beuermann, Diether W.; Bonilla, Andrea Ramos; Stampini, … - 2024
receiving PATH since childhood altered the academic gains from attending a more preferred public secondary school. To uncover … the academic gains from attending a preferred school. However, boys exposed to PATH experienced significantly lower gains … from preferred school attendance with respect to comparable peers who did not receive PATH. These results highlight the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014564083
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Government fragmentation and educational outcomes: Evidence on the creation of municipalities in Chile
Alcaíno, Manuel; Jaimovich, Analía; Méndez, Carolina; … - 2022
elementary school mathematics performance. In addition, fragmentation led to a high turnover and increased job insecurity of … classroom teachers and school management teams in newly created municipalities. In contrast, we found that reducing the size of … the original municipalities school networks does not impact student outcomes or school personnel. Overall, our findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518161