dataset of schools across 1297 villages in India, this paper shows that the large investments over the past decade have led to … teachers. Thus, at current margins, policies that decrease the inefficiency of public spending in India are likely to yield …

We construct a new nationally-representative panel dataset of schools across 1297 villages in India and find that the … to be high, with 23.6 percent of teachers in public schools across rural India being absent during unannounced visits to … in India is around $1.5 billion per year, and that investing in better governance by hiring more inspectors to increase …

dataset of schools across 1297 villages in India, this paper shows that the large investments over the past decade have led to … teachers. Thus, at current margins, policies that decrease the inefficiency of public spending in India are likely to yield …

We construct a new nationally-representative panel dataset of schools across 1297 villages in India and find that the … to be high, with 23.6 percent of teachers in public schools across rural India being absent during unannounced visits to … in India is around $1.5 billion per year, and that investing in better governance by hiring more inspectors to increase …