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The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya … activity. Reducing the cost of education by paying for school uniforms reduced dropout rates, teen marriage, and childbearing …
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"Vermeersch and Kremer examine the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement …, and school finance in a developing country setting. They use data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly … chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school participation was 30 percent higher in the treatment group than in the …
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We examine the effects of malaria on educational attainment and income by exploiting geographic variation in malaria prevalence in India prior to a nationwide eradication program in the 1950s. We find that the program led to modest increases in income for prime age men. This finding is robust to...
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The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya … activity. Reducing the cost of education by paying for school uniforms reduced dropout rates, teen marriage, and childbearing. …
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This paper examines the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school … preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school participation was 30 percent higher in the treatment group than in the comparison … experienced prior to the program. The school meals displaced teaching time and led to larger class sizes. Despite improved …
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