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Robustness report: "Going to a better school: effects and behavioral responses", by Cristian Pop-Eleches and Miguel Urquiola (2013)
Campbell, Douglas L.; Brodeur, Abel; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2024
Pop-Eleches and Urquiola (2013) apply a regression discontinuity to the Romanian secondary school system, and notably find that (a) students who go to a better school get higher scores on an exam used for university admission, (b) parents of students who get into a better school help their kids...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014556606
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Improving reading skills by encouraging children to read : a randomized evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra; Kumler, Todd J.; Linden, Leigh L. - 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310190
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The effects of school libraries on language skills : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in India
Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. - 2013
We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.053 and 0.037 standard deviations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721392
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The returns to schooling in rural China : evidence from the Cultural Revolution education expansion
Sicular, Terry; Juan, Yang - 2015
During the Cultural Revolution China embarked on a remarkable, albeit temporary, expansion of post-primary education in rural areas. This education expansion affected tens of millions of children who reached secondary school age in the late 1960s and 1970s. Exploiting the education expansion and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496127
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Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read : A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra - 2011
We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading material and incentivizing children to read through a 31 day read-a-thon. During the read-a-thon, the program significantly increases the propensity of children to read, causing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122967
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The Effects of School Libraries on Language Skills : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in India
Borkum, Evan - 2013
We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.053 and 0.037 standard deviations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085045
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Crowding in Private Quality : The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education
Andrabi, Tahir; Bau, Natalie; Das, Jishnu; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program was randomized at the … were 0.2 sd higher in public schools. We find evidence of an education multiplier: test scores in private schools were also … is greater for those private schools that faced a greater threat to their market power. Accounting for private sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226126
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Managing to Learn
Beg, Sabrin; Fitzpatrick, Anne E.; Lucas, Adrienne M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
To improve public services, public sector managers must encourage reticent civil servants to enact effective reforms. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve Instructional Management (0.3SD) and student learning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421182
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The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and material employment
Berlinski, Samuel; Galiani, Sebastian - 2004
We provide evidence on the impact of a large construction of pre-primary school facilities in Argentina. We estimate the causal impact of the program on pre-primary school attendance and maternal labor supply. Identification relies on a differences-in-differences strategy where we combine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293034
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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia : Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Attanasio, Orazio; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2011
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014180262