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plausibly random. Given a strong son-preference in India, parents tend to have more children if the first born is a girl. Our IV …
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Previous randomized studies have shown that addressing children's current learning gaps, rather than following an over-ambitious uniform curriculum, can lead to significant learning gains. In this study, we evaluate a series of efforts to scale up the NGO Pratham's approach to teaching children...
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the results of two experiments conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara, India, designed to evaluate ways to improve the quality …
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Performance pay for teachers is frequently suggested as a way of improving education outcomes in schools, but the theoretical predictions regarding its effectiveness are ambiguous and the empirical evidence to date is limited and mixed. We present results from a randomized evaluation of a...
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<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.1/MathJax.js?config=AM_HTMLorMML-full"></script>We present experimental evidence on the impact of a school choice program in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) that provided students with a voucher to finance attending a private school of their choice. The study design featured a unique two-stage lottery-based allocation of vouchers that...
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The large-scale expansion of primary schooling in developing countries has led to the increasing use of non-civil-service contract teachers who are hired locally by the school, are not professionally trained, have fixed-term renewable contracts, and are paid much lower salaries than regular...
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graduating class from an elite engineering institution (EEI) in India we evaluate the impact of affirmative action policies in …
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In an experiment in non-formal schools in Indian slums, a reward scheme for attending a target number of school days increased average attendance when the scheme was in place, but had heterogeneous effects after it was removed. Among students with high baseline attendance, the incentive had no...
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Pratham's “Teaching at the Right Level” methodology into elementary schools in India. The methodology consists of re …
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learning outcomes. Our setting is middle-school grades in urban India, where a lottery provided winning students with a voucher …
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