School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about … external funds transferred to the school. This paper explores the effects of two school-based management programs on parental … contributions. A cash grant alone for poor schools results in an increase in resources available to the school in less than the cash …

with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for … example, that an improvement in parental outside options will reduce parental and school effort, which are partially … compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers …

higher risk of later grade retention and dropout. Leveraging existing school inputs for a light-touch, cost-effective, and … scalable information intervention can improve education outcomes in lower-income settings. …

illustrates that the Jewish relative education advantage depends on the historical and institutional contexts. …

performance and grade progression in schools over time and ii) student trajectories as they progress from primary school to … university. We find negative and significant effects on completing primary and secondary education on time but no effects on …