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The impact of all-day schools on student achievement : evidence from extending school days in German primary schools

Seidlitz, Arnim; Zierow, Larissa - 2020

This paper studies the effect of longer school days - induced by voluntary all-day programs in German primary schools …

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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

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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

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Crowding in Private Quality : The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education

Andrabi, Tahir; Bau, Natalie; Das, Jishnu; … - 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 … is greater for those private schools that faced a greater threat to their market power. Accounting for private sector …

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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 …

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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...

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The Impact of Child Labor and School Quality on Academic Achievement in Brazil

Bezerra, Márcio Eduardo - 2009

We analyze the impact of child labor on school achievement using Brazilian school achievement test data from the 2003 Sistema Nacional de Avaliaccedil;atilde;o da Educaccedil;atilde;o Baacute;sica (SAEB). We control for the endogeneity of child labor using instrumental variable techniques, where the...

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