Showing 1 - 10 of 536
Gallup World Poll, the paper presents a range of estimates of the wealth-equivalent values of social trust. Such values are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968746
quality, social distance, and economic indicators using data from the World Values Survey. The results obtained indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746827
Using data from an experimental supportive intervention to India's malaria control program, this paper studies the impact of leveraging local non-state capacity to promote mosquito net usage and recommended fever care-seeking patterns. The supportive activities were conducted simultaneously by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973095
Empirical literature on digital technologies for student learning is generally unable to identify separately whether … learning gains arise from reciprocity in response to the gift of a valuable gadget (the' gadget effect') or from increasing … content. The findings show that six to eight months of exposure to eReaders led to modest positive impacts on learning, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906912
International Reading Literacy Study. The paper then moves on to untangle how disruptive learning environments can have negative … impacts on student learning outcomes. Thus, the objective of the paper is to analyze the determinants associated with … disrupted learning environments, at the school and classroom levels, in the Middle East and North Africa region and to uncover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872116
This paper seeks to understand what drove the trends in learning outcomes in Argentina between 2000 and 2012, using … estimated and its results used to decompose the changes in learning outcomes into changes in inputs, parameters, and residuals … autonomy, and teacher qualifications to determine learning outcomes. Despite an important increase in the level of resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970441
This paper tests experiential learning as a debiasing tool against gambling and lottery behavior in South Africa. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972011
on learning outcomes. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of difference-in-difference and instrumental … variable estimators. A negative effect of working on learning outcomes in math and Portuguese is found. The effects of child … a half of a year of learning on average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973148
Private (non-state) sector engagement in the provision of educational services at the primary and secondary levels in South Asia has recently undergone remarkable growth. This type of education comes in various forms, such as schools financed and managed by the private sector, schools financed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973153
.7 percent in the second), reducing gender gaps in school retention. The findings show large learning gains of 0.323 standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857754