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The Permanent Input Hypothesis : The Case of Textbooks and (no) Student Learning in Sierra Leone
Sabarwal, Shwetlena - 2014
A textbook provision program in Sierra Leone demonstrates how volatility in the flow of government-provided learning inputs to schools can induce storage of these inputs by school administrators to smooth future consumption. This process in turn leads to low current utilization of inputs for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396302
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The permanent input hypothesis : the case of textbooks and (no) student learning in Sierra Leone
Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Evans, David K.; Marshak, Anastasia - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010429961
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Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling (LAYS) : Defining a New Macro Measure of Education
Filmer, Deon - 2018
The standard summary metric of education-based human capital used in macro analyses - the average number of years of …) its virtues of simplicity and transparency make it a good candidate summary measure of education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910425
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The Permanent Input Hypothesis : The Case of Textbooks and (No) Student Learning in Sierra Leone
Sabarwal, Shwetlena - 2017
A textbook provision program in Sierra Leone demonstrates how volatility in the flow of government-provided learning inputs to schools can induce storage of these inputs by school administrators to smooth future consumption. This process in turn leads to low current utilization of inputs for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972786
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Teacher beliefs : why they matter and what they are
Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Abu-Jawdeh, Malek; Kapoor, Radhika - In: The World Bank research observer : WBRO 37 (2022) 1, pp. 73-106
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How to improve education outcomes most efficiently? : a comparison of 150 interventions using the new learning-adjusted years of schooling metric
Angrist, Noam; Evans, David K.; Filmer, Deon; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654022
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Learning-adjusted years of schooling (LAYS) : defining a new macro measure of education
Filmer, Deon; Rogers, F. Halsey; Angrist, Noam; … - In: Economics of education review 77 (2020), pp. 1-30
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Re-kindling learning : eReaders in Lagos
Habyarimana, James Paul; Sabarwal, Shwetlena - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002586
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Learning-adjusted Years of Schooling (LAYS) : defining a new macro measure of education : background paper to the 2019 World Development Report
Filmer, Deon; Rogers, Halsey; Angrist, Noam; Sabarwal, … - 2018
The standard summary metric of education-based human capital used in macro analyses-the average number of years of …) its virtues of simplicity and transparency make it a good candidate summary measure of education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929576
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How to improve education outcomes most efficiently? : a comparison of 150 interventions using the new learning-adjusted years of schooling metric
Angrist, Noam; Evans, David K.; Filmer, Deon; … - 2020
. Limited resources mean that policymakers must make tough choices about which investments to make to improve education …. Although hundreds of education interventions have been rigorously evaluated, making comparisons between the results is … for reporting gains from education interventions. The paper applies LAYS to compare the effectiveness (and cost …
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