distractors that may tamper with the learning process. This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial in which … make a significant difference in student learning. We additionally conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis, which … substitution by laptops may be a cost-effective manner to provide classroom learning content …

The relative performance of China and India is compared using two different methods and they provide a very different … goods and services and of gross fixed capital formation. Using a two tailed- test we find that China does better than India … higher share of XGS, GFCF etc in GDP than does India. We also find that China usually has a lower CV, namely a more stable …

.S., we calculate manufacturing TFP gains of 30-50% in China and 40-60% in India …Resource misallocation can lower aggregate total factor productivity (TFP). We use micro data on manufacturing … establishments to quantify the potential extent of misallocation in China and India compared to the U.S. Compared to the U.S., we …

India's case fatality rate (CFR) under covid-19 is strikingly low, trending from 3% or more, to a current level of … least partly due to India's younger age distribution. In this paper, we use age-specific fatality rates from 14 comparison … countries, coupled with India's distribution of covid-19 cases to “predict" what India's CFR would be with those age …

's technology gaps both with the U.S. and India between 1979 and 2008, comparing the technology level of these economies using a CES … India and the U.S. for the period before 2008. The pairwise gaps between the U.S. and China, and the U.S. and India remain … productivity than India over the period, the bilateral technology gap between China and India is still in India's favor. India had …

survey conducted in China, India, Japan, and the United States. It finds striking inter-country differences in bequest plans …

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and Korea using long-term time series data for the 1975 … impact on the household saving rate in both India and Korea, even after controlling for the usual suspects such as the aged … and youth dependency ratios and income. It has a negative impact in India, where the bride's side has to pay substantial …

Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …

sustainable. We suggest a reinterpretation of the sustainability problem that recognizes the true role of TFP as a motive force in … output growth. Past studies have compared the TFP residual to the growth rate of output and used this ratio as a measure of … the importance of TFP as a source of growth. We argue that this is an erroneous way of assessing the role of TFP, because …